Parallel Verses

Amplified


I knew and regarded you and cared for 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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

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 have been the Lord your God
Since [the time you became a nation in] the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know any god except Me,
For there is no savior besides Me.
5 
I knew and regarded you and cared for you in the wilderness,
In the land of drought.
6
When they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud (self-centered);
Therefore they forgot Me.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:7

For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known about your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”’

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; it was He who brought water for you out of the flinty rock.

Deuteronomy 32:10


“He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the apple of His eye.

Exodus 2:25

God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice [of them] and was concerned about them [knowing all, understanding all, remembering all].

Psalm 1:6


For the Lord knows and fully approves the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 31:7


I will rejoice and be glad in Your steadfast love,
Because You have seen my affliction;
You have taken note of my life’s distresses,

Psalm 63:1

O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;
My soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psalm 142:3


When my spirit was overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness],
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,

“I remember [earnestly] the lovingkindness and devotion of your youth,
Your time of betrothal [like that of a bride during the early years in Egypt and again at Sinai],
When you followed Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.

Jeremiah 2:6


“They did not say, ‘Where is the Lord
Who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
Who led us through the wilderness,
Through a land of deserts and of pits,
Through a land of drought and of the deep darkness [of the shadow of death],
Through a land that no man passed through
And where no man lived?’

Nahum 1:7


The Lord is good,
A strength and stronghold in the day of trouble;
He knows [He recognizes, cares for, and understands fully] those who take refuge and trust in Him.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if anyone loves God [with awe-filled reverence, obedience and gratitude], he is known by Him [as His very own and is greatly loved].

Galatians 4:9

Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

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