Hosea 13:5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.In other versions
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
ASV
I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.
BBE
I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
DBY
I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought.
WEB
I -- I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts.
YLT
I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
ENG
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drouth.
WBT
I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
BSB
In context
3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
4Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
5I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
6According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: