And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Joel 1:20 - English Standard Version 2016 Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured 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. |
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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.”
Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
Because of the ground that is dismayed, since there is no rain on the land, the farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
The prophets who preceded you and me from ancient times prophesied war, famine, and pestilence against many countries and great kingdoms.
How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer.