After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Joel 1:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Even the wild animals cry out to you, for the river beds are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Ahab said to Obadiah, ‘Go throughout the land to every spring and to every wadi. Perhaps we’ll find grass so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to destroy any cattle.’
Who provides the raven’s food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
The ground is cracked since no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle wander in confusion since they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep and goats suffer punishment.