Joel 1:20
A Call to Repentance
19To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field. 20Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
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Berean Standard Bible
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up,
and fire has consumed the open pastures.
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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.
Free Bible Version
Even the wild animals long for you because the streams have dried up, and fire has destroyed the pastures in the wilderness.
Geneva Bible 1599
The beasts of the fielde cry also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernes.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
Translation for Translators
It is as though even the wild animals cry out to you because all the streams have dried up. The rivers and streams are all dry, and the grass in the pastures is all parched.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Even the animals of the fields pant for you,
for the water brooks have dried up,
and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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!'