Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Jeremiah 14:6

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

5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

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.

7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?

Read the whole chapter

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
KJV
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.
WEB
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
ASV
And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
DARBY
And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
BLB
And the wild donkeys stand on the barren heights; they pant for the wind like jackals, and their eyes fail because [there is] no grass.”
ÅB
og villesler står på bare hauger, de snapper etter været som sjakaler, deres øyne vansmekter fordi det ikke er urter.
OTB
Ville esler står på de karrige høydene, peser etter luft som sjakaler; deres øyne svikter på grunn av mangel på vegetasjon.
B1930
og villesler står på bare hauger, de snapper efter været som sjakaler, deres øine vansmekter fordi det ikke er urter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 2:24

    A 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.

    Read in context

  • Job 39:5–6

    Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

    Read in context

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • 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.

    Read in context

  • Lamentations 4:17

    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

    Read in context

  • Lamentations 5:17

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

    Read in context