But were always rebellious from the day that I began to know you.

rebels ye have been with Jehovah from the day of my knowing you.

From the day when I first had knowledge of you, you have gone against the word of the Lord.

Instead, you were ever rebellious, from the day when I first began to know you.

Rebelles fuistis Jehovae a die qua cognovi vos.

You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. Either from the time he first had and took knowledge of them and visited them, before his departure from Egypt to the land of Midian; (see Exodus 2:11 compared with Acts 7:25); or from the time that he was sent to them to deliver them out of Egypt; see Exodus 5:20 and especially from the time he brought them into the wilderness.