Jeremiah 14:4

In 11 translations

BSB

The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.

KJV

Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

WEB

Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed. They cover their heads.

ASV

Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.

LSV

Because the ground has been broken, || For there has been no rain in the land, || Farmers have been ashamed, || They have covered their head.

YLT

Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

DBY

Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

DRC

For the destruction of the land, because there came no rain upon the earth, the husbandmen were confounded, they covered their heads.

GNV

For the grounde was destroyed, because there was no rayne in the earth: the plowmen were ashamed, and couered their heads.

JPS

Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

LXXE

And the labours of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

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WLC

בַּעֲב֤וּר הָאֲדָמָה֙ חַ֔תָּה כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָ֑רֶץ בֹּ֥שׁוּ אִכָּרִ֖ים חָפ֥וּ רֹאשָֽׁם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ τὰ ἔργα τῆς γῆς ἐξέλιπεν, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ὑετός· ᾐσχύνθησαν οἱ γεωργοὶ, ἐπεκάλυψαν τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν.

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• Joel 1:19–20To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has…
• Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
• Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
• Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce…
• Joel 1:17The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
• Leviticus 26:19–20I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear…
• Deuteronomy 28:23–24The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

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