Joel 1:20 BSB — MannaFest

Joel 1:20

Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

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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.

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.

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The beasts of the field cry also unto thee - Even the cattle, wild and tame, are represented as supplicating God to have mercy upon them, and send them provender! There is a similar affecting description of the effects of a drought in Jeremiah, Jer 14:6. The rivers of waters are dried up - There must have been a drought as well as a host of locusts; as some of these expressions seem to apply to the effects of intense heat. For המדבר hammidbar, “the wilderness,” one of my oldest MSS. reads מדבר midbar, “wilderness” simply, as in Jer 14:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The beasts are here said to cry unto God, as from him the lions seek their meat ( Ps. civ. 21 ) and the young ravens, Job xxxviii. The complaints of the brute-creatures here are for want of water ( The rivers are dried up, through the excessive heat), and for want of grass, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
בַּהֲמ֥וֹת	ba.ha.Mot	[the] animals of	H929 →
שָׂדֶ֖ה	sa.Deh	[the] field	H7704 →
תַּעֲר֣וֹג	ta.'a.Rog	it pants	H6165 →
אֵלֶ֑יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
יָֽבְשׁוּ֙	ya.ve.Shu	they have dried up	H3001 →
אֲפִ֣יקֵי	'a.Fi.kei	[the] channels of	H650 →
מָ֔יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
וְאֵ֕שׁ	ve.'Esh	and fire	H784 →
אָכְלָ֖ה	'a.khe.Lah	it has consumed	H398 →
נְא֥וֹת	ne.'ot	[the] pastures of	H4999 →
הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ פ	ha.mid.Bar	the wilderness	H4057 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 147:9
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
leads to
- Psalms 104:27–28
  All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 38:41
  Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 6:26
  Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 136:25
  He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
Through
Job 38:41
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
leads to
- Luke 12:24
  Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 147:9
  He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Through
1 Kings 17:7
Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
leads to
- Isaiah 54:10
  Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has…
- Isaiah 40:30–31
  Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Joel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Joel