Joel 1:18 Parallel Translations
NASB: How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep suffer. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: The animals groan. Herds of cattle wander around confused. There's no pasture for them. Even flocks of sheep are suffering.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
ASV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
BBE: What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.
DBY: How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.
ERV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
JPS: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
WBS: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
WEB: How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
YLT: How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
Joel 1:18 Cross References
XREF:1 Kings 8:5 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered.

Jeremiah 12:4 How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, "He will not see our latter ending."

Jeremiah 14:5 "For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, Because there is no grass.

Jeremiah 14:6 "The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation.

Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea disappear. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
MHC: 1:14-20 The sorrow of the people is turned into repentance and humiliation before God. With all the marks of sorrow and shame, sin must be confessed and bewailed. A day is to be appointed for this purpose; a day in which people must be kept from their common employments, that they may more closely attend God's services; and there is to be abstaining from meat and drink. Every one had added to the national guilt, all shared in the national calamity, therefore every one must join in repentance. When joy and gladness are cut off from God's house, when serious godliness decays, and love waxes cold, then it is time to cry unto the Lord. The prophet describes how grievous the calamity. See even the inferior creatures suffering for our transgression. And what better are they than beasts, who never cry to God but for corn and wine, and complain of the want of the delights of sense? Yet their crying to God in those cases, shames the stupidity of those who cry not to God in any case. Whatever may become of the nations and churches that persist in ungodliness, believers will find the comfort of acceptance with God, when the wicked shall be burned up with his indignation.
CONC:Aimlessly Animals Beasts Bewildered Cattle Desolate Desolated Dismayed Droves Flocks Grass Groan Herds Livestock Longer Loss Mill Moan Oxen Pain Pasture Perplexed Sheep Sighed Sounds Suffer Suffering Wander Yea Yes
PREV:Aimlessly Animals Beasts Bewildered Cattle Desolate Desolated Dismayed Droves Flocks Grass Groan Herds Livestock Mill Moan Oxen Pain Pasture Perplexed Sheep Sighed Sounds Suffer Suffering Wander
NEXT:Aimlessly Animals Beasts Bewildered Cattle Desolate Desolated Dismayed Droves Flocks Grass Groan Herds Livestock Mill Moan Oxen Pain Pasture Perplexed Sheep Sighed Sounds Suffer Suffering Wander
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