Even the wild animals ¹  cry out to you; ²  for the river beds ³  have dried up; fire has destroyed ⁴  the grassy pastures. ⁵ 

biblegateway Joe 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You; For the water brooks are dried up And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Even the wild animals cry out to You, for the river beds are dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.

Even wild animals long for you. Streams run dry. Fire has burned up the open pastures.

biblegateway Joe 1:20

Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures.

Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

bibleoremus Joe 1:20

Even the wild animals cry to you because the watercourses are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Even the beasts in the field look to you; for the streams are dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

biblegateway Joe 1:20

The beasts of the field also cry out to You, For the water brooks are dried up, And fire has devoured the open pastures.

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.

biblegateway Joe 1:20

Even the wild animals ¹  cry out to you; ²  for the river beds ³  have dried up; fire has destroyed ⁴  the grassy pastures. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “beasts of the field.”

² tn Heb “long for you.” Animals of course do not have religious sensibilities as such; they do not in any literal sense long for Yahweh. Rather, the language here is figurative (metonymy of cause for effect). The animals long for food and water (so BDB 788 s.v. עָרַג), the ultimate source of which is Yahweh.

³ tn Heb “sources of water.”

⁴ tn Heb “consumed.”

⁵ tn Heb “the pastures of the wilderness.”