Joel 1:18
How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
How the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander in confusion because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
How do the beasts{H929} groan!{H584} the herds{H5739} of cattle{H1241} are perplexed,{H943} because they have no pasture;{H4829} yea, the flocks{H5739} of sheep{H6629} are made desolate.{H816}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
How do the beasts{H929} groan{H584}{(H8737)}! the herds{H5739} of cattle{H1241} are perplexed{H943}{(H8738)}, because they have no pasture{H4829}; yea, the flocks{H5739} of sheep{H6629} are made desolate{H816}{(H8738)}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
O what a sighinge make the catell? the bullockes are very euel likynge, because they haue no pasture: and the shepe are fame?shed awaye.
Geneva Bible (1560)
How did the beasts mourne! the herdes of cattel pine away, because they haue no pasture, & the flockes of sheepe are destroyed.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
O howe cattell mourne? the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture, and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed?
Authorized King James Version (1611)
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Webster's Bible (1833)
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.
American Standard Version (1901)
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
American Standard Version (1901)
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Referenced Verses
- Jer 12:4 : 4 How long will the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are consumed, because they said, 'He will not see our final end.'
- Hos 4:3 : 3 Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Jer 14:5-6 : 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
- Joel 1:20 : 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
- Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
- 1 Kgs 18:5 : 5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we do not lose all the beasts.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Joel 1:19-202 verses84%
19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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17 The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
- Jer 25:34-374 verses80%
34 Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow in the ashes, you leaders of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and your dispersions are fulfilled; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a wailing of the leaders of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has plundered their pasture.
37 And the peaceful habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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10 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
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4 How long will the land mourn and the herbs of every field wither, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it? The beasts and the birds are consumed, because they said, 'He will not see our final end.'
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3 Therefore the land shall mourn, and everyone that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; yes, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.
- Jer 14:4-63 verses77%
4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads.
5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass.
6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass.
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17 Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.
- Joel 1:10-123 verses77%
10 The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the grain is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes.
11 Be ashamed, you farmers; howl, you vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley; because the harvest of the field has perished.
12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy has withered away from the sons of men.
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21 For the pastors have become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
- Zech 11:2-43 verses76%
2 Howl, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen; because the mighty are destroyed. Howl, O oaks of Bashan, for the forest of the vintage has come down.
3 There is the sound of the howling of the shepherds, for their glory is destroyed. The sound of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of Jordan is laid waste.
4 Thus says the LORD my God: Feed the flock of the slaughter.
- Ezek 34:5-84 verses76%
5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became food for all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none searched or sought after them.
7 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
8 As I live, says the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and did not feed my flock;
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13 The boar out of the woods destroys it, and the wild beasts of the field devour it.
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7 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field;
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9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest.
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5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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3 For want and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wilderness in former times desolate and waste.
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33 The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor.
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3 Why are we counted as beasts, and considered vile in your sight?
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9 The earth mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and withered; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
- Jer 12:10-112 verses73%
10 Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
11 They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to Me; the whole land is made desolate, because no one lays it to heart.
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15 If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, so that it is desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
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10 Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall it lie down and consume its branches.
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1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.
- Ezek 34:18-192 verses72%
18 Does it seem a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the rest with your feet?
19 And as for my flock, they eat what you have trodden with your feet; and they drink what you have fouled with your feet.
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6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place.
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3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon your cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the oxen, and the sheep: there shall be a very severe pestilence.
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6 For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing.
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25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
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10 Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds;
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27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blighted before it is grown up.
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12 They shall lament for the breasts, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
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12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills rejoice on every side.
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17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
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26 Therefore their inhabitants were of little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field, and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops, and like grain blighted before it is grown up.