Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Darby Translation
Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
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 great ones sent their small ones to the waters; they came to the wells, they found no water; they turned back their vessels empty; they were ashamed and disgraced, and they covered their head. 4 For the land was broken, for there was no rain in the land; the husband-men were ashamed, they covered their head. 5 For also the hind brought forth in the field, and forsook, for there was no grass.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:3
And the showers will be withheld, and the latter rain was not; and the forehead of a woman a harlot was to thee, and thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Joel 1:11
The husbandmen were ashamed; wail, ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field perished.
Joel 1:19-20
To thee, O Jehovah, will I call: for a fire consumed the habitations of the desert, and the flame burned all the trees of the field.
Leviticus 26:19-20
And I broke the pride of your strength: and I gave your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And the heavens which over thy head were brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
Pitch and burning salt, all its land; it shall not be sown, and it shall not sprout, and no green herb shall come up upon it, as the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:
Joel 1:17
The kernels died beneath the clods, the treasures were laid waste, the garners were pulled down, for the grain was dried up.