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Jeremiah 14:5

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 14:5 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh `her young', because there is no grass.

    ASV

  • And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

    BBE

  • For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.

    DBY

  • Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.

    WEB

  • For even the hind in the field hath brought forth -- to forsake `it!' For there hath been no grass.

    YLT

  • Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

    ENG

  • Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

    WBT

  • Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

    BSB

In context

3And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

6And 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.

7O 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.

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