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Lamentation for Judah

Jeremiah 4:25

In 11 translations

BSB
I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the air had fled.
KJV
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
WEB
I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled.
ASV
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
LSV
I have looked, and behold, man is not, || And all birds of the heavens have fled.
YLT
I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled.
DBY
I beheld, and lo, man was not, and all the fowl of the heavens were fled.
DRC
I beheld, and lo there was no man: and all the birds of the air were gone.
GNV
I behelde, and loe, there was no man, and all the birdes of the heauen were departed.
JPS
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
LXXE
I looked, and, behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared.

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Original-language editions

WLC
רָאִ֕יתִי וְהִנֵּ֖ה אֵ֣ין הָאָדָ֑ם וְכָל־ע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם נָדָֽדוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπέβλεψα, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν ἄνθρωπος, καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπτοεῖτο.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Zephaniah 1:2–3“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their…
  • Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
  • Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and…
  • Hosea 4:3Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

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