Joel 1:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Even the wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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)

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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

²⁰ 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.

Joel 1:20 Cross References

1 Kings 17:7

But after a while the wadi dried up because there was no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive and not lose some of the animals.”

Job 38:41

Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food?

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God.

Psalm 145:15

The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.

Psalm 147:9

He gives to the animals their food and to the young ravens when they cry.

Jeremiah 14:4

because the ground is cracked. Because there has been no rain on the land, the farmers are dismayed; they cover their heads.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.

Joel 1:18

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander about because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are perishing.