Joel 1:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander about because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dazed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed and huddle together because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment (are forsaken and made wretched).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ How the animals groan! Herds of cattle are in distress because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep pant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Why have the animals groaned, the herds of cattle bellowed? because there is no pasture for them. Yes, and even the flocks of sheep have been lost.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Why did the beast groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished.

Joel 1:18 Cross References

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.”

1 Kings 8:5

King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long will the land mourn, and the grass of every field wither? For the wickedness of those who live in it the animals and the birds are swept away, and because people said, “He is blind to our ways.”

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.

Joel 1:20

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

Amos 1:2

And he said: The Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither, and the top of Carmel dries up.

Habakkuk 3:17

Though the fig tree does not blossom, and no fruit is on the vines; though the produce of the olive fails and the fields yield no food; though the flock is cut off from the fold and there is no herd in the stalls,

Haggai 1:10

Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.

Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;