Joel 1:18

Joel chapter 1 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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 · 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.

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.

v.17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

v.18This passage

v.19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Jeremiah 12:4
How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Joel 1:20
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.
Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh her young, because there is no grass.
Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.