KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 14:6 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“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.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And the wild asses” | וּפְרָאִים֙ | The onager | wild asses |
| “did stand” | עָמְד֣וּ | To stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) | did stand |
| “in” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | in |
| “the high places,” | שְׁפָיִ֔ם | Bareness; concretely, a bare hill or plain | high places |
| “they snuffed up” | שָׁאֲפ֥וּ | To inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten | snuffed up |
| “the wind” | ר֖וּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “like dragons;” | כַּתַּנִּ֑ים | A marine or land monster, i.e., sea-serpent or jackal | like dragons |
| “their eyes” | עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | eyes |
| “did fail,” | כָּל֥וּ | To end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) | did fail |
| “because” | כִּי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | because |
| “there was” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “no” | אֵ֥ין | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | no |
| “grass.” | עֵֽשֶׂב׃ | Grass (or any tender shoot) | grass |
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4 Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6 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.
7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
8 O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
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