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Jeremiah 14:3

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

BSB

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ASV

And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads.

KJV

And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַדִּ֣רֵיהֶ֔םve.'a.Di.rei.Hemand noble [ones] theirH117
שָׁלְח֥וּsha.le.Chuthey have sentH7971
צְעִירֵיהֶ֖םtze.'o.rei.hemservants theirH6810
לַמָּ֑יִםla.Ma.yimfor <the> waterH4325
בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey have comeH935
עַל־'al-toH5921
גֵּבִ֞יםge.Vim[the] cisternsH1356
לֹא־lo'-notH3808
מָ֣צְאוּMa.tze.'uthey have foundH4672
מַ֗יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
שָׁ֤בוּSha.vuthey have returnedH7725
כְלֵיהֶם֙khe.lei.Hemvessels theirH3627
רֵיקָ֔םrei.KamemptyH7387
בֹּ֥שׁוּBo.shuthey are ashamedH954
וְהָכְלְמ֖וּve.ha.khe.le.Muand they are humiliatedH3637
וְחָפ֥וּve.cha.Fuand they have coveredH2645
רֹאשָֽׁם׃ro.Shamhead theirH7218

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain