Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
WEB
Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
YLT
For even the hind in the field hath brought forth--to forsake it! For there hath been no grass.
DBT
For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh [its young], because there is no grass.
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