King James Version
Joel 1:18 in the King James Version says “How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are m...” — study this verse from Joel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.”
Joel 1:18 · KJV
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. seed: Heb. grains
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. pastures: or, habitations
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“How do the beasts”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“of cattle”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because they have no pasture”
H4829pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
“of sheep”
H6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
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