Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 The lords shall send their servants to fetch water, and when they come to the wells, they shall find no water, but shall carry their vessels home empty. They shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall cover their heads. 4 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. 5 The Hind shall forsake the young fawn that she bringeth forth in the field because there shall be no grass.
Cross References
Jeremiah 3:3
This is the cause that the rain and evening dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten thee a whore's forehead, and canst not be ashamed.
Joel 1:11
The husbandmen and the wine gardeners shall look piteously, and make lamentation for the wheat, wine and barley; and because the harvest upon the field is so clean destroyed.
Joel 1:19-20
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burnt up all the trees of the field.
Leviticus 26:19-20
and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.
Deuteronomy 29:23
how all the land is burnt up with brimstone and salt, that it is neither sown nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, after the overthrowing of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim: which the LORD overthrew in his wrath and anger.
Joel 1:17
The seed shall perish in the ground, the garners shall lie waste, the floors shall be broken down, for the corn shall be destroyed.