Joel 1:20
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.
Joel 1:20 in other translations
| BSB | Even 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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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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!' |
| DARBY | 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. |
| 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Joel 1:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 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…
Joel 1:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joel 1:20
- Psalms 104:21
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
- 1 Kings 17:7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
- Job 38:41
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
- Psalms 147:9
He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
- Psalms 145:15
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
- 1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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Context
- Joel 1:19
O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
- Joel 1:20
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.
Joel 1:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Las bestias del campo bramarán también á ti; porque se secaron los arroyos de las aguas, y fuego consumió las praderías del desierto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les bêtes des champs aussi crient à toi, car les cours d’eau sont desséchés, et le feu a dévoré les pâturages du désert. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auch die Tiere des Feldes schreien lechzend zu dir; denn vertrocknet sind die Wasserbäche, und ein Feuer hat die Auen der Steppe verzehrt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sed et bestiæ agri, quasi area sitiens imbrem, suspexerunt ad te, quoniam exsiccati sunt fontes aquarum, et ignis devoravit speciosa deserti. |