Jeremiah 2:24
Jeremiah chapter 2 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000a 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901a 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.
Context
v.23How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
v.24This passage
v.25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst. But thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:12
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
- Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
- Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
- Hosea 5:15
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
- Jeremiah 2:27
who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.