They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
they were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.
WEB
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
YLT
Fed horses--they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
DBT
[As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile