Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
New American Standard Bible
For there has been
The
They have covered their heads.
King James Version
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Holman Bible
since no rain has fallen on the land.
The farmers are ashamed;
they cover their heads.
International Standard Version
The ground is cracked, because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers are disappointed, and they cover their heads in shame.
A Conservative Version
because of the ground which is cracked. Because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame; they cover their heads.
American Standard Version
Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
Amplified
“The ground is cracked
Because there has been no rain on the land;
The farmers are distressed,
And they have covered their heads [in shame].
Bible in Basic English
Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.
Julia Smith Translation
For the land was broken, for there was no rain in the land; the husband-men were ashamed, they covered their head.
King James 2000
Because the ground is parched, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because of the ground, [which] is cracked because there was no rain on the ground. [The] farmers are ashamed, they cover their heads.
Modern King James verseion
Because the ground was cracked, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their heads.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the ground shall be dried up, because there cometh no rain upon it. The plowmen also shall be ashamed, and shall cover their heads.
NET Bible
They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands.
New Heart English Bible
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
The Emphasized Bible
Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.
Webster
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain on the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
World English Bible
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
Youngs Literal Translation
Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.
Themes
Famine » Caused by » Want of seasonable rain
God » God's Judgments » Drought » General references to » Examples of
Interlinear
Chathath
Buwsh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 14:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Severe Drought
3 And their nobles send their little ones for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads. 5 For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh its young, because there is no grass.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:3
And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.
Joel 1:11
Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.
Joel 1:19-20
To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
Leviticus 26:19-20
and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze,
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
that the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:
Joel 1:17
The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.