King James Version

Hosea 13:5

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

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אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָyedatikhaknowיָדַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רbamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.בְּאֶ֖רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תַּלְאֻבֽוֹתtaluvotgreat droughtתַּלְאוּבָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “great drought”, the ordinary formH8514desiccationgreat drought.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Douay-Rheims

I knew thee in the desert, in the land of the wilderness.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ ἐποίμαινόν σε ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀοικήτῳ

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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