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Drought, Famine, Sword, and Plague

Jeremiah 14:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
KJV
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
WEB
Yes, the doe in the field also calves and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
ASV
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
LSV
For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake [it!] || For there has been no grass.
YLT
For even the hind in the field hath brought forth — to forsake [it!] For there hath been no grass.
DBY
For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.
DRC
Yea, the hind also brought forth in the field, and left it, because there was no grass.
GNV
Yea, the hinde also calued in the fielde, and forsooke it, because there was no grasse.
JPS
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass,
LXXE
And hinds calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֤י גַם־אַיֶּ֨לֶת֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה יָלְדָ֖ה וְעָז֑וֹב כִּ֥י לֹֽא־הָיָ֖ה דֶּֽשֶׁא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔλαφοι ἐν ἀγρῷ ἔτεκον, καὶ ἐγκατέλιπον, ὅτι οὐκ ἦν βοτάνη.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 29:9The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
  • Job 39:1–4“Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn? Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth? They crouch down and bring forth their young; they…
  • Isaiah 15:6The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

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