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


In Context

1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.

2 Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

3 And 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.

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

5 Yes, 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.

Jeremiah 14:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:4The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.