KJV King James Version
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
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Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
WEB World English Bible
Yes, the hind also in the field calves, and forsakes her young, because there is no grass.
ASV American Standard Version
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For even the hind in the field hath brought forth—to forsake it! For there hath been no grass.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 14
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
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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Psalm 29:9The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.Job 39:1-4Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?Isaiah 15:6For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
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