5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.


In Context

2 "Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads.

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

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

6 Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture."

7 Although our sins testify against us, O Lord , do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.

Jeremiah 14:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it,] because there was no grass.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young , because there is no grass.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh its young, because there is no grass.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes [her young], because there is no grass.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:5For even the hind in the field hath brought forth — to forsake it! For there hath been no grass.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:5Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.