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Jeremiah 14:4

What does Jeremiah 14:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 14:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandman were confounded, they covered their heads.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Context

v.3And 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.

v.4This passage

v.5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.

Cross references

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

  • Joel 1:19

    O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

  • Joel 1:11

    Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

  • Leviticus 26:19

    And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

  • Jeremiah 3:3

    Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.

  • Deuteronomy 28:23

    And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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