Hosea 13:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.

New Living Translation
I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land.

English Standard Version
It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;

Berean Study Bible
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

New American Standard Bible
I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

NASB 1995
I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

NASB 1977
I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

Amplified Bible
I knew and regarded you and cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought.

Christian Standard Bible
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Contemporary English Version
I took care of you in a thirsty desert.

Good News Translation
I took care of you in a dry, desert land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I took care of you in the desert, in a dry land.

International Standard Version
I took care of you in the wilderness, in a waterless land.

NET Bible
I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

New King James Version
I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.

King James 2000 Bible
I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

New Heart English Bible
I fed you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

World English Bible
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

American King James Version
I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

American Standard Version
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

A Faithful Version
I have known you in the wilderness, in the land of great dryness.

Darby Bible Translation
I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

English Revised Version
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

Webster's Bible Translation
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
I did knowe thee in the wildernesse, in the land of drought.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
I did knowe thee in the wildernesse, in the lande of drought.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
I toke diligent hede of the in the wildernesse that drye londe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
I have known you in a wilderness, "" In a land of droughts.

Young's Literal Translation
I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

Smith's Literal Translation
I knew thee in the desert, in the land of thirst.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.

Catholic Public Domain Version
I knew you in the desert, in the land of solitude.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I shepherded you in the wilderness in a desolate land without inhabitant

Lamsa Bible
It was I who fed you in the wilderness, in a desolate land which is uninhabited.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
I did know thee in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
















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