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.
KJV
Onager assuetus in solitudine, in desiderio animæ suæ attraxit ventum amoris sui : nullus avertet eam : omnes qui quærunt eam non deficient : in menstruis ejus invenient eam.
Vulgate
τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφ’ ὕδατα ἐρήμου, ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο, παρεδόθη. τίς ἐπιστρέψει αὐτήν; πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτὴν οὐ κοπιάσουσιν, ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆς εὑρήσουσιν αὐτήν.
LXX
a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
ASV
פֶּ֣רֶה לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּ/אַוַּ֤ת נפש/ו נַפְשָׁ/הּ֙ שָׁאֲפָ֣ה ר֔וּחַ תַּאֲנָתָ֖/הּ מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑/נָּה כָּל מְבַקְשֶׁ֨י/הָ֙ לֹ֣א יִיעָ֔פוּ בְּ/חָדְשָׁ֖/הּ יִמְצָאֽוּ/נְהָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hos 8:9 — For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- Jer 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.
- Jer 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.
- Job 11:12 — For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Job 39:6 — Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.