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Jeremiah 14:6

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.

KJV

Et onagri steterunt in rupibus ; traxerunt ventum quasi dracones : defecerunt oculi eorum, quia non erat herba.

Vulgate

ὄνοι ἄγριοι ἔστησαν ἐπὶ νάπας· εἵλκυσαν ἄνεμον, ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν χόρτος.

LXX

And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

ASV

וּ/פְרָאִים֙ עָמְד֣וּ עַל שְׁפָיִ֔ם שָׁאֲפ֥וּ ר֖וּחַ כַּ/תַּנִּ֑ים כָּל֥וּ עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם כִּי אֵ֥ין עֵֽשֶׂב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 203×
עֵ֣שֶׂב
'shb
noun · 33×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פֶּ֣רֶא
pr'
noun · 10×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שְׁפָיִים֙
shpyym
noun · 10×
שֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים
sh'pym
verb · 14×
תַנִּֽין
tnyn
noun · 26×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 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.
  • Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
  • 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.