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Jeremiah 14:6

What does Jeremiah 14:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 14:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

Context

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

v.6This passage

v.7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Cross references

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

  • Lamentations 4:17

    Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

  • Jeremiah 2:24

    a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

  • Joel 1:18

    How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • Job 39:5

    Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

  • Lamentations 5:17

    For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;

  • 1 Samuel 14:29

    Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

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