Jeremiah Chapter 5 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 5:8

They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
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BBE Jeremiah 5:8

They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.
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DARBY Jeremiah 5:8

[As] well fed horses, they roam about, every one neigheth after his neighbour's wife.
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KJV Jeremiah 5:8

They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
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WEB Jeremiah 5:8

They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
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YLT Jeremiah 5:8

Fed horses -- they have been early risers, Each to the wife of his neighbour they neigh.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - As fed horses in the morning. The rendering fed horses has considerable authority. "Lustful horses" is also possible; this represents the reading of the Hebrew margin. The following word in the Hebrew is extremely difficult. "In the morning" cannot be right, as it is against grammar; but it is not easy to furnish a substitute. Most moderns render "roving about;" Furst prefers "stallions."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) They were as fed horses in the morning.--Better, As fed stallion horses they rove about. The animal passion is taken, as in Ezekiel 23:20, (1) as answering to the same passion in man; (2) as symbolical of the lust for idolatrous ritual. (Comp. Jeremiah 2:24.)