Jeremiah 5:8
“They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Jeremiah 5:8 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
they were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Wie wohlgenährte Pferde schweifen sie umher; sie wiehern ein jeder nach seines Nächsten Weibe.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Como caballos bien hartos fueron á la mañana, cada cual relinchaba á la mujer de su prójimo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Como cavalos bem alimentados, levantam-se pela manhã; cada um relinchava à mulher de seu próximo.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles eram como cavalos bem nutridos, perambulando a fim de se acasalarem, cada um relinchando à mulher de seu próximo.
📖 Jeremiah 5:8 in Context
6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
9Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
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