| Hebrew |
וּפְרָאִים֙ עָמְד֣וּ עַל שְׁפָיִ֔ם שָׁאֲפ֥וּ ר֖וּחַplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigרוּחַ hebrew Meaning: * Wind * Breath * Spirit Noun. Occurs about 380 times in the Old Testament. Though usually feminine, רוּחַ sometimes takes masculine verbs and adjectives, especially when referring to the Spirit of God (רוּחַ יְהוָה).Exodus 10:13Genesis 6:17Genesis 41:8Proverbs 16:32Ecclesiastes 12:7Genesis 1:2Judges 3:10Ezekiel 36:27Genesis 2:7John 3:8Genesis 1:2Genesis 8:1 כַּתַּנִּ֑ים כָּל֥וּ עֵינֵיהֶ֖ם כִּי אֵ֥ין עֵֽשֶׂב |
| ESV |
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation.
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| NIV |
Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyesight fails for lack of pasture.“
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| NLT |
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.“
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| LXX |
ὄνοι ἄγριοι ἔστησαν ἐπὶ νάπας εἵλκυσαν ἄνεμον ἐξέλιπον οἱplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτῶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) ὅτι οὐκ ἦνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. χόρτος ἀπὸ λαοῦ ἀδικίας |
| KJV |
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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Jeremiah 14:5 ← Jeremiah 14:6 → Jeremiah 14:7
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