And it came to be after a while that the stream dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Joel 1:20 - The Scriptures 2009 Even the beasts of the field cry out to You, for the water streams are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even the wild beasts of the field pant and cry to You, for the water brooks are dried up and fire has consumed the pastures and folds of the wilderness and the plain. American Standard Version (1901) Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. Common English Bible Even the field’s wild animals cry to you because the streams have dried up; the fire has completely destroyed the meadows of the wilderness. Catholic Public Domain Version Yes, and even the beasts of the field have gazed up at you, like the dry ground thirsting for rain, because the fountains of waters have dried up, and fire has devoured the beauty of the wilderness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yea and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are dried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness. |
And it came to be after a while that the stream dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
And Aḥaḇ had said to Oḇaḏyahu, “Go into the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis, it could be that we find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, and not have any livestock cut off.
Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to Ěl, and wander about without food?
The eyes of all look to You expectantly, And You are giving them their food in its season,
“Because the ground became cracked, for there has been no rain in the land. The ploughmen were put to shame, they covered their heads.
“The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many lands and great reigns, of battle and of evil and of pestilence.
How the beasts moan! The herds of cattle are restless, because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep also perish.