Jeremiah 14:5
What does Jeremiah 14:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 14:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For even the hind in the field hath brought forth--to forsake <FI>it!<Fi> For there hath been no grass.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 29:9
The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
- Job 39:1
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
- Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the tender grass faileth, there is no green thing.
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