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Jeremiah 14:4

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

KJV

Propter terræ vastitatem, quia non venit pluvia in terram, confusi sunt agricolæ : operuerunt capita sua.

Vulgate

καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῆς γῆς ἐξέλιπεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ὑετός· ᾐσχύνθησαν οἱ γεωργοί, ἐπεκάλυψαν τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν.

LXX

Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

ASV

בַּ/עֲב֤וּר הָ/אֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אִכָּרִ֣ים
'krym
noun · 7×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
גָּֽשֶׁם
gshm
noun · 35×
חַ֖תּוּ
chtv
verb · 51×
חָפ֥וּ
chpv
verb · 12×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֲב֖וּר
'bvr
noun · 49×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, whic
  • Hag 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to pu
  • Jer 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
  • Jer 3:3 — Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
  • Joel 1:11 — Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
  • Joel 1:17 — The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
  • Joel 1:19 — O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
  • Lev 26:19 — And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
  • Zech 14:17 — And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.