Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I looked about me, and there was nobody, and all the birds of the air were away.

New American Standard Bible

I looked, and behold, there was no man,
And all the birds of the heavens had fled.

King James Version

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Holman Bible

I looked, and no man was left;
all the birds of the sky had fled.

International Standard Version

I looked, and no people were there. All the birds of the sky had gone.

American Standard Version

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Amplified


I looked, and behold, there was no man,
And all the birds of the air had fled.

Bible in Basic English

Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.

Darby Translation

I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.

Julia Smith Translation

I saw, and behold, no man, and all the birds of the heavens fled away.

King James 2000

I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.

Modern King James verseion

I looked, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.

NET Bible

I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away.

New Heart English Bible

I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

The Emphasized Bible

I beheld, And lo! there was no human being, - Yea, all the birds of the heavens! had fled:

Webster

I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the fowls of the heavens had fled.

World English Bible

I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I beheld
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

and, lo, there was no man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

and all the birds
עוף 
`owph 
Usage: 71

of the heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

References

Hastings

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

24 I beheld the mountains, and they tremble, and all the hills were in a fear. 25 I looked about me, and there was nobody, and all the birds of the air were away. 26 I marked well, and the plowed field was become waste: yea, all their cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and indignation of his wrath.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:10

"Upon the mountains will I take up a lamentation and sorrowful cry, and a mourning upon the fair plains of the wilderness: Namely, how they are so burnt up, that no man goeth there any more. Yea, a man shall not hear one beast cry there. Birds and cattle are all gone from thence.

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and all the herbs of the field perish, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? The cattle and the birds are gone, yet say they, "Tush, God will not destroy us utterly."

Hosea 4:3

Therefore shall the land be in a miserable cause, and all they that dwell therein, shall mourn. The beasts in the field, the fowls in the air, and the fishes in the sea shall die.

Zephaniah 1:2-3

I will gather up all things in the land, sayeth the LORD.

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