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


In Context

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.

8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are you like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays only a night?

Jeremiah 14:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And the wild asses stood upon the rocks, they snuffed up the wind like dragons, their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And the wild asses stood in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:6And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:6And 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.