Parallel Verses
World English Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
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.
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.
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 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places. 7 I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
Cross References
Zephaniah 2:14
Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.
Job 30:29-30
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Isaiah 34:11-15
But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.
Isaiah 38:14
I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."
Micah 1:8
For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
Revelation 18:2
He cried with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird!