Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

All of us growl like bears,
And moan sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.

King James Version

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Holman Bible

We all growl like bears
and moan like doves.
We hope for justice, but there is none;
for salvation, but it is far from us.

International Standard Version

We all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.

A Conservative Version

We all roar like bears, and moan greatly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.

American Standard Version

We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Amplified


We all groan and growl like bears,
And coo sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.

Bible in Basic English

We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Darby Translation

We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Julia Smith Translation

We shall growl as bears all of us, and murmuring we shall murmur as doves: we shall wait for judgment, and none; for salvation, it was far from us.

King James 2000

We all growl like bears, and mourn greatly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Lexham Expanded Bible

We all groan like bears, and we coo mutteringly like doves. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

Modern King James verseion

We all roar like bears, and mourn grievously like doves; we look for judgment, but none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We roar all like Bears, and mourn still like doves. We look for equity, but there is none; for health, but it is far from us.

NET Bible

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

New Heart English Bible

We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

The Emphasized Bible

We growl like bears all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo, - We wait For justice, and there is none, For salvation it is far from us!

Webster

We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

World English Bible

We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Youngs Literal Translation

We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּוב דּב 
Dob 
Usage: 12

and mourn
הגה 
Hagah 
Usage: 25

הגה 
Hagah 
Usage: 25

יונה 
Yownah 
Usage: 31

we look
קוה 
Qavah 
Usage: 49

ישׁוּעה 
Y@shuw`ah 
Usage: 78

but it is far off
רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Rampant Transgression

10 We grope along the wall like blind men,
We grope like those who have no eyes;
We stumble at midday as in the twilight,
Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men.
11 All of us growl like bears,
And moan sadly like doves;
We hope for justice, but there is none,
For salvation, but it is far from us.
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And we know our iniquities:

Cross References

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Ezekiel 7:16

Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity.

Job 30:28-29

“I go about mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

Psalm 32:3-4

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:8

I am benumbed and badly crushed;
I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

Psalm 85:9

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
That glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted,
They lie helpless at the head of every street,
Like an antelope in a net,
Full of the wrath of the Lord,
The rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us;
We hope for light, but behold, darkness,
For brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Jeremiah 8:15

We waited for peace, but no good came;
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!

Hosea 7:14

And they do not cry to Me from their heart
When they wail on their beds;
For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves,
They turn away from Me.

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