Parallel Verses

New Heart English Bible

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

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.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

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 saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. 25 I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled. 26 I saw, and behold, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, before his fierce anger.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:10

"For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the livestock; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone."

Jeremiah 12:4

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell therein, the animals are consumed, and the birds; because they said, "He shall not see our latter end."

Hosea 4:3

Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells therein will waste away, all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

Zephaniah 1:2-3

I will utterly sweep away everything off of the surface of the earth, says the LORD.

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