Joel 1:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.

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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

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

1 Kings 8:5

And 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 dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because men said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Joel 1:20

Even the wild beasts cry to thee because the water brooks 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 mourn, and the top of Carmel withers.”

Habakkuk 3:17

Though the fig tree do not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be 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 travail together until now;