8As well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.


In Context

5 I will go unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God; but these have altogether broken the yoke, have burst the bonds.

6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall waste them; the leopard lurketh against their cities, every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces: for their transgressions are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.

7 Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.

8 As well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end; take away her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

Jeremiah 5:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man's wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They are become as amorous horses and stallions, every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8Fed horses — they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.