Jeremiah 14:3

Jeremiah chapter 14 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

Context

v.2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

v.3This passage

v.4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 17:7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Jeremiah 14:4
Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
Psalms 40:14
Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.
Psalms 109:29
Let mine adversaries be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe.
2 Samuel 19:4
And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
Job 6:20
They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.