Joel 1:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.”
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“How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joel 1:18 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 18:5Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
- Jeremiah 14:5Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
- Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
- Joel 1:20Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
- Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
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