Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights, panting like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And the wild asses{H6501} stand{H5975} on the bare heights,{H8205} they pant{H7602} for air{H7307} like jackals;{H8577} their eyes{H5869} fail,{H3615} because there is no herbage.{H6212}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And the wild asses{H6501} did stand{H5975}{(H8804)} in the high places{H8205}, they snuffed up{H7602}{(H8804)} the wind{H7307} like dragons{H8577}; their eyes{H5869} did fail{H3615}{(H8804)}, because there was no grass{H6212}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
The wilde Asses shall stonde in the Mosse, and drawe in their wynde like the Dragos, their eyes shal fayle for wat of grasse.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the wilde asses did stande in the hygh places, & drew in their winde like dragons their eyes did faile, because there was no grasse.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The wylde asses did stande in the hye places, and drewe in their winde lyke the dragons, their eyes did fayle for want of grasse.
Authorized 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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.”
Referenced Verses
- Jer 2:24 : 24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her time who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Job 39:5-6 : 5 Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey? 6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling.
- Joel 1:18 : 18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
- 1 Sam 14:29 : 29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See, my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
- Lam 4:17 : 17 As for us, our eyes failed as we watched for a nation that could not save us.
- Lam 5:17 : 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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- Jer 14:4-52 verses83%
4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass.
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5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
- Joel 1:17-204 verses75%
17 The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.
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5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
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7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
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4 How long will the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are consumed, because they said, 'He will not see our final end.'
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24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her time who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
- Job 39:4-63 verses71%
4 Their young ones grow strong, they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them.
5 Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?
6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwelling.
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8 The range of mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing.
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10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
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3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former times desolate and waste.
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12 Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
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6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.
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26 Therefore their inhabitants were of little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blighted before it is grown up.
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19 Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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4 The appearance of them is like the appearance of horses, and like horsemen, so shall they run.
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6 The burden of the beasts of the south: through a land of trouble and anguish, from which come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.
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6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up:
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7 Among the bushes they brayed, under the nettles they gathered together.
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20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the jackals and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen.
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18 Because of Mount Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
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9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.
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15 And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague.
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13 And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and brambles in its fortresses: and it shall be a habitation for dragons, and a court for owls.
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22 Behold, the noise of the report is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
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8 The lion's cubs have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed by it.
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6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams; and O little hills, like lambs?
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11 At that time it shall be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
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6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.