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.
In other versions
And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
ASV
And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
BBE
And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
DBY
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
WEB
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.
YLT
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.
ENG
And the wild asses stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.
WBT
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
BSB
In context
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.
8O 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?
