Joel 1:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ Even the wild beasts cry to thee because the water brooks 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

And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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.”

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 thee, and thou givest them their food in due season.

Psalm 147:9

He gives to the beasts their food, and to the young ravens which cry.

Jeremiah 14:4

Because of the ground which is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed, 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 beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.