Parallel Verses

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

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

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Owl

Context Readings

Affliction In Light Of Eternity

5 Because of the loudness of my groaning my bones cling to my flesh. 6 I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
7 I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.

Cross References

Zephaniah 2:14

And herds will lie down in her midst, all the beasts of the nations. The pelican and the porcupine will lodge on the top of her pillars. Their voice will sing (hoot) (croak) in the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds for he will lay bare that which is built with cedar.

Job 30:29-30

I am a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches.

Isaiah 34:11-15

Pelicans and herons will take possession of the land. Porcupines and crows will live there. He will stretch the measuring line of chaos and the plumb line of destruction over it.

Isaiah 38:14

I cry like a swallow (swift). I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, Jehovah. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.

Micah 1:8

I [Micah] will lament and wail. I will go barefoot and naked. I will make a howling like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.

Revelation 18:2

He cried out with a strong voice: Babylon the Great has fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison for every unclean and hateful bird.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible