Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins.

New American Standard Bible

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.

King James Version

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Holman Bible

I am like a desert owl,
like an owl among the ruins.

International Standard Version

I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.

A Conservative Version

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

American Standard Version

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

Amplified


I am like a [mournful] vulture of the wilderness;
I am like a [desolate] owl of the wasteland.

Darby Translation

I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

Julia Smith Translation

I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.

King James 2000

I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

Modern King James verseion

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl in a broken wall.

NET Bible

I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

New Heart English Bible

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

The Emphasized Bible

I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.

Webster

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

World English Bible

I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

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Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

5 Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin. 6 I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins. 7 I lie awake and I am like a lone bird on a roof.

Cross References

Zephaniah 2:14

Herds shall lie down in her midst, every wild animal of a nation; even the desert owl and the screech owl shall lodge on her capitals. A voice shall hoot in the window; rubble on the threshold; for the cedar [is] laid bare.

Job 30:29-30

I am a companion for [the] jackals and a companion for {ostriches}.

Isaiah 34:11-15

But [the] large bird and [the] hedgehog shall take possession of it, and [the] owl and [the] raven shall live in it. And he shall stretch [the] measuring line of confusion out over it, and [the] plumb line of emptiness.

Isaiah 38:14

Like a horse or a crane, so I chirp; I moan like dove. My eyes are weak toward the height. Lord, I have oppression; lend me support!

Micah 1:8

On account of this I will lament and wail. I will go about barefoot and naked. I will make a lamentation like the jackals, and a mourning ceremony like the {ostriches}.

Revelation 18:2

And he cried out with a powerful voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen [is] Babylon the great, and it has become a dwelling place of demons and a haunt of every unclean spirit and a haunt of every unclean bird and a haunt of every unclean and detested animal.

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