Jeremiah 5:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.”

Jeremiah 5:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jeremiah 5:8 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jeremiah 5:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbor’s wife.”

Jeremiah 5:8 — World English Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“they were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.”

Jeremiah 5:8 — American Standard Version

Jeremiah 5:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Fed horses--they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.”

Jeremiah 5:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Jeremiah 5:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“[As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife. ”

Jeremiah 5:8 — Darby Translation

Jeremiah 5:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“They rose vp in the morning like fed horses: for euery man neyed after his neighbours wife.”

Jeremiah 5:8 — Geneva Bible

Jeremiah 5:8 in Context — Jeremiah 5

6 Wherefore 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.

7 How 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.

8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

10 Go 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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What Does Jeremiah 5:8 Mean?

Jeremiah 5:8 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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