Jeremiah 2:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.”
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“a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.”
King James Version · Public Domain“a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting--who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 2:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- Job 39:2Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?
- Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
- Job 39:6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
- Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’
- Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- Ezekiel 16:33Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.
- Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).