Joel 1:20 Parallel Translations

Even wild animals long for you. Streams run dry. Fire has burned up the open pastures.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.

DBY:

The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

The beasts of the field cry also to thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness!'

Joel 1:20 Cross References

XREF:

1 Kings 17:7 It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

1 Kings 18:5 Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle."

Psalm 104:21 The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God.

Psalm 147:9 He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry.

Joel 1:18 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)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

1:20 The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the {k} fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
(k) That is, drought.

WES:

1:20 Cry - They utter their complaints, their sad tones, they have a voice to cry, as well as an eye to look to God.

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:

Animals Beasts Brooks Cattle Comely Consumed Cry Desire Devoured Dried Dry Field Fire Grass-lands Open Pant Pastures Places Rivers Streams Turning Waste Water-courses Waters Water-streams Wild Wilderness Yea Yes

Animals Beasts Brooks Cattle Consumed Cry Desire Devoured Dried Dry End Field Fire Grass-Lands Open Pant Pastures Places Rivers Streams Turning Waste Water Waters Water-Streams Wild Wilderness

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