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Jeremiah 14:5–6

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14:5Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn10 in the field

because there is no grass.

14:6Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops

and pant for breath like jackals.

Their eyes are strained looking for food,

because there is none to be found.”11

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Heb “she gives birth and abandons.”
  2. 11 Heb “their eyes are strained because there is no verdure.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn

because there is no grass.

The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;

they pant for air like jackals;

their eyes fail

because there is no vegetation.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Even the doe in the field

deserts her newborn fawn

because there is no grass.

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights

and pant like jackals;

their eyes fail

for lack of food.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Even the doe in the field

gives birth and abandons her fawn

since there is no grass.

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights

panting for air like jackals.

Their eyes fail

because there are no green plants.

NLTNew Living Translation

Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn

because there is no grass in the field.

The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills

panting like thirsty jackals.

They strain their eyes looking for grass,

but there is none to be found.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For even the doe in the field gives birth and forsakes her young,

because there is no green growth.

And wild asses stand on the barren heights,

they gasp for breath like the jackals.

Their eyes fail

because there is no vegetation.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it,

Because there was no grass.

And 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.