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


In Context

1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought.

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

3 And their nobles send their little ones for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.

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

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

6 And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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