Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

I knew thee 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.

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.

Julia Smith Translation

I knew thee in the desert, in the land of thirst

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

I fed you in the desert, in the land of drought.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I took diligent heed of thee in the wilderness, that dry land.

NET Bible

I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

I, tended thee in the desert, - in a land parched with drought:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
thee in the wilderness
מדבּר 
Midbar 
Usage: 271

in the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

Context Readings

Death And Resurrection

4 Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me. 5 I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought. 6 According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:7

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand. He hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years hath Jehovah thy God been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, a wilderness of fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

Exodus 2:25

and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.

Psalm 1:6

For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 31:7

I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul,

Psalm 63:1

{A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water:

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:6

And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

Nahum 1:7

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any one love God, he is known of him):

Galatians 4:9

but now, knowing God, but rather being known by God, how do ye turn again to the weak and beggarly principles to which ye desire to be again anew in bondage?

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