Jeremiah 14:6
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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.Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
In other translations
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.Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
Hebrew words
וּפְרָאִיםufera'imand wild donkeysH6501עָמְדוּ'ameduthey have stoodH5975עַל־'al-onH5921שְׁפָיִםshefayim[the] bare heightsH8205שָׁאֲפוּsha'afuthey have panted forH7602רוּחַruachbreathH7307כַּתַּנִּיםkatanimlike <the> jackalsH8577כָּלוּkaluthey have failedH3615עֵינֵיהֶם'eineihemeyes theirH5869כִּי־ki-forH3588אֵין'einthere notH369עֵשֶׂב׃'esev[is] vegetationH6212
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 2:24A 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.a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
- Job 39:5-65 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? 6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? 6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
- Joel 1:18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Lamentations 4:17As 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.All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
- Lamentations 5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
- 1 Samuel 14:29Then 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.“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
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