Bible verse
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
Joel 1:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Joel 1.
16 Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
19 To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.
20 Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
KJV
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
ASV
Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
ERV
Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee: for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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