Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 14:5 in other translations
| BSB | Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. |
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| WEB | Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass. |
| ASV | Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass. |
| YLT | For even the hind in the field hath brought forth--to forsake it! For there hath been no grass. |
| DARBY | For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh its young, because there is no grass. |
| BBE | And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass. |
| Webster | Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. |
What does Jeremiah 14:5 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:1-9
A drought upon the land of Judah. (Jr 14:1-7) A confession of sin in the name of the people. (Jr 14:8-9) The Divine purpose to punish is declared. (Jr 14:10-16) The people supplicate. (Jr 14:17-22) Verses 1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by feeling the want…
Jeremiah 14:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 14:5
- Psalms 29:9
The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
- Isaiah 15:6
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
- Job 39:1-4
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
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Context
- Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
- Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
- 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.
Jeremiah 14:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y aun las ciervas en los campos parían, y dejaban la cría, porque no había hierba. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car aussi la biche a mis bas dans les champs, et a abandonné son faon, parce qu’il n’y a point d’herbe verte; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ja, auch die Hindin auf dem Felde, sie gebiert und verläßt ihre Jungen; denn kein Gras ist da. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nam et cerva in agro peperit, et reliquit, quia non erat herba. |