It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Joel 1:20 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, And the 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. |
It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Ach'av said to `Ovadyah 1, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
Because of the ground which is cracked, because no rain has been in the land, the plowmen are disappointed, they cover their heads.
The prophets who have been before me and before you of old prophesied against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.