Jeremiah 14:5–6
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Yea the hinde also calued in the field, and forsooke it, because there was no grasse.
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.
And the wilde asses did stand in the hie places, they snuffed vp the winde like dragons: their eyes did faile because there was no grasse.
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From verse 5
- Psalms 29:9Rank 1 from verse 5
- Isaiah 15:6Rank 2 from verse 5
- Job 39:1–4Rank 3 from verse 5
1KNOWEST thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
1¶ Knowest *thou the time when the wild goates of the rocke bring forth? or canst thou marke when the hindes doe calue?
2Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
3They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.
4Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.
From verse 6
- Jeremiah 2:24Rank 1 from verse 6
24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
24‖††‖A wild asse vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the wind at her pleasure, in her occasion who can turne her away? all they that seeke her will not wearie themselues, in her moneth they shall find her.
- Job 39:5–6Rank 2 from verse 6
5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
5Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?
6Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and †the barren lande his dwellings.
- 1 Samuel 14:29Rank 4 from verse 6
29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
29Then said Ionathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes haue beene enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honie:
- Lamentations 4:17Rank 5 from verse 6
- Lamentations 5:17Rank 6 from verse 6
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Jeremiah 14:5
1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.
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A female deer or deer-like wild animal.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of calve (to give birth to a calf or other young, especially of cattle or deer).
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Abandoned, deserted, left entirely, renounced, or withdrew from.
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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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Jeremiah 14:6
Sense 1: To be upright, rise, stop, remain, endure, take or keep a position, be established, withstand, or present oneself before another. Sense 2: A fixed position or state of stopping, as in ‘at a stand’.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.
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1. Physical locations or rooms. 2. Positions or offices. 3. Occasions, circumstances, or passages.
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Sense 1: Air in motion; a current of air. Sense 2: Breath or a movement of air from breathing. Sense 3: By figure, something empty, unstable, or passing.
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Sense 1: Similar or of the same kind; in the same manner; likely. Sense 2: A like person or thing; an equal or counterpart. Sense 3: To please, choose, or regard with favour.
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Large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.
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Sense 1: To become deficient; to be insufficient; to cease to be abundant for supply. Sense 2: To be entirely wanting.
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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no raine in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they couered their heads.
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
5Yea the hinde also calued in the field, and forsooke it, because there was no grasse.
Selected passage6And 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.
6And the wilde asses did stand in the hie places, they snuffed vp the winde like dragons: their eyes did faile because there was no grasse.
Selected passage7¶ 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.
7¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testifie against vs, doe thou it for thy Names sake: for our back-slidings are many, we haue sinned against thee.