Parallel Verses

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.

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 I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD. I brought you out of Egypt. You have known no god besides me. There is no savior except me. 5 I cared for you in the wilderness,
In the land of drought.
6 When I fed you, you were full. When you were full, you became arrogant. That is why you forgot me.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:7

Remember how Jehovah your God blessed you in everything you have done. He took care of you as you wandered through this vast desert. He has been with you these forty years. You had everything you needed.'

Deuteronomy 8:15

He was the one who led you through that vast and dangerous wilderness. It was a parched, arid land, with poisonous snakes and scorpions. He was the one who made water come out of solid rock for you.

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were the precious apple (pupil) of his eye.

Exodus 2:25

God saw the Israelites being oppressed and was concerned about them.

Psalm 1:6

Jehovah knows (is fully aware of) the way of the righteous. But the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 31:7

I will rejoice and be glad because of your loving-kindness (mercy). You have seen my misery. You have known my troubles.

Psalm 63:1

([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.

Psalm 142:3

When I begin to lose hope, you already know what I am experiencing. My enemies have hidden a trap for me on the path where I walk.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and announce to Jerusalem, 'This is what Jehovah says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown (farmed).

Jeremiah 2:6

They did not ask: 'Where is Jehovah who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.'

Nahum 1:7

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble! He knows (protects) (takes care of) those who take refuge in him.

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any man loves God, God knows him.

Galatians 4:9

Now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and poor fundamental things? Do you want to slave for them all over again?

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