Jeremiah 5:8
King James Version (KJV)
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
In context
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10 Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.
Jeremiah 5:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
- WEB World English Bible
- They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
- ASV American Standard Version
- they were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Fed horses — they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
- WBS Webster Bible
- They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.