Jeremiah 14:6
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
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.
7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Jeremiah 14:6 in every translation
- KJV King James 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the wild asses stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.