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


In Context

5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God.| But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased.

7 |How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn by what are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the prostitutes' houses.

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

9 Shouldn't I punish them for these things?| says Yahweh; |and shouldn't my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 |Go up on her walls, and destroy; but don't make a full end. Take away her branches; for they are not Yahweh'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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:8As well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour'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 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.