Jeremiah 5:8
“They were as fed horses in the morning: euery one neighed after his neighbours wife:”
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Jeremiah 5:8 Context
6Wherfore a lyon out of the forrest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the euenings shall spoile them, a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence shalbe torne in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backeslidings are increased. 7¶ How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children haue forsaken mee, and sworne by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adulterie, and assembled themselues by troupes in the harlots houses. 8They were as fed horses in the morning: euery one neighed after his neighbours wife: 9Shall I not visit for these things, sayth the Lord, and shall not my soule bee auenged on such a nation as this? 10¶ Goe yee vp vpon her walles, and destroy, but make not a full ende: take away her battlements, for they are not the Lords.
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They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
- King James Version
"They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor's wife.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
- American Standard Version (1901)
They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.
- Basic English Bible
[As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
- Darby Bible
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
- Webster's Bible
They were as fed horses roaming at large: everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
- World English Bible
Fed horses -- they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
- Youngs Literal Bible
They are become as well-fed horses, lusty stallions; every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible