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 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
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]
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.
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:6
Verse Info
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.