King James Version
Jeremiah 14:6 in the King James Version says “And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because the...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 14:6 · KJV
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
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.
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.
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?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“did stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“they snuffed up”
H7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
“the wind”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“did fail”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“their eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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