Joel 1:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:5

And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

Job 38:41

Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of meat?

Psalm 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their meat from God.

Psalm 145:15

The eyes of all wait upon thee; And thou givest them their meat in due season.

Psalm 147:9

He giveth to the beast his food, And to the young ravens which cry.

Jeremiah 14:4

Because of the ground which is chapt, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.

Jeremiah 28:8

The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

Joel 1:18

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