Verse List for ZEP 2:14

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OET (OET-RV) Herds of every kind of wild animals will lie down in the middle of it, ⇔ Various kinds of owls will sit on the pillars still standing. ⇔ A call will hoot in the window. ⇔ Rubble will blocking any doorways still upright, ⇔  because the cedar planks will be exposed.

OET-LV And_they _will _lie _down in_the _midst _of_of _it herds every _of animal _of_his a _nation both wilderness _owl as _well _as hedgehog on_capitals _of_its they _will _spend _the _night a _sound it _will _sing in_window desolation will_on _the _threshold if/because cedar-work he _will _lay _bare.

ULT And herds will lie down in its midst, ⇔  every animal of the nation. ⇔ Both the desert owl and the screech owl ⇔  will lodge on its columns. ⇔ A call will hoot in the window; ⇔  devastation, will be in the threshold, ⇔ for the cedar-work will be bare.

UST Groups of many different kinds of wild animals will live where Nineveh used to be. ⇔  Various kinds of owls will make their nests on top of the columns of its destroyed buildings. ⇔ Those owls will sometimes perch on the sills of empty windows and hoot. ⇔ Rubble will block the doorways. ⇔  Rain and sunlight will ruin the valuable cedar wood that the Assyrians used to build their buildings.

BSB & MSB Herds will lie down in her midst, ⇔  creatures of every kind.[fn] ⇔ Both the desert owl and screech owl[fn] ⇔  will roost atop her [pillars]. ⇔ Their calls will sound from the window, ⇔  but desolation will lie on the threshold, ⇔  for He will expose the beams of cedar.

OEB Herds will lie down in it, ⇔  every beast of the earth, ⇔ Desert owl and screech owl ⇔  will lodge in its capitals. ⇔ The owl will hoot in the window, ⇔  the raven on the doorstep, ⇔  all stripped bare of cedar.

WEBBE & WMBB Herds will lie down in the middle of her, all kinds of animals. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams.

NET Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, ⇔ as well as every kind of wild animal. ⇔ Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; ⇔ they will hoot through the windows. ⇔ Rubble will cover the thresholds; ⇔ even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements.

LSV And droves have crouched in her midst,
Every beast of the nation,
Both pelican and hedgehog lodge in her knobs,
A voice sings at the window,
“Destruction [is] at the threshold,
For the cedar-work is exposed.”

FBV Herds will lie down in the middle of the city. It will become the home for every kind of wild animal. Eagle owls and screech owls[fn] will roost on its columns. Their calls will echo through the windows. Rubble will block the doors, and the cedar woodwork will be exposed.

T4T Flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. ⇔  Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars of the destroyed buildings, ⇔ and they will ◄hoot/cry out► through the windows. ⇔ There will be rubble in the doorways, ⇔  and the valuable cedar boards will be taken from the ruined houses.

LEB • Herds shall lie down in her midst,
  • every wild animal of a nation;
• even the desert owl and the screech owl
  • shall lodge on her capitals.
• A voice shall hoot in the window;
  • rubble[fn] on the threshold;
• for the cedar is laid bare.

BBE And herds will take their rest in the middle of her, all the beasts of the valley: the pelican and the porcupine will make their living-places on the tops of its pillars; the owl will be crying in the window; the raven will be seen on the doorstep.

Moff cattle couch in her midst, ⇔ all manner of beasts, ⇔ bitterns and pelicans ⇔ roost on her pillars, ⇔ owls hoot in her windows, ⇔ ravens on her door-steps.

JPS And all beasts of every kind shall lie down in the midst of her in herds; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the capitals thereof; voices shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the posts; for the cedar-work thereof shall be uncovered.

ASV And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.

DRA And flocks shall lie down in the midst thereof, all the beasts of the nations: and the bittern and the urchin shall lodge in the threshold thereof: the voice of the singing bird in the window, the raven on the upper post, for I will consume her strength.

YLT And crouched in her midst have droves, Every beast of the nation, Both pelican and hedge-hog in her knobs lodge, A voice doth sing at the window, 'Destruction [is] at the threshold, For the cedar-work is exposed.'

Drby And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the crowd of beasts; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the chapiters thereof; a voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be on the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar work.

RV And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the chapiters thereof: their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he hath laid bare the cedar work.
(And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts/animals of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the chapters/capitals thereof: their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he hath/has laid bare the cedar work.)

SLT And the flocks lay down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: also the pelican, also the hedgehog shall lodge in her capitals; a voice shall sing in the window; desolation in the threshold: for the cedar was naked.

Wbstr And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the threshholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.

KJB-1769 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.[fn][fn][fn]
(And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts/animals of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern/heron shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.)

KJB-1611 And flocks shall lie downe in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the [fn]Cormorant, and the Bitterne, shall lodge in the [fn]vpper lintels of it: their voice shal sing in the windowes, desolation shall be in the thresholds: [fn]for he shall vncouer the Cedar worke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the middest of it, pellicanes and owles shal abide in the vpper postes of it, foules shall sing in the wyndowes, and desolation shalbe vpon the postes, for the Cedars are vncouered.
(The flocks and all the beasts/animals of the people shall lie in the midst of it, pellicanes and owls shall abide in the upper posts of it, fowls/birds shall sing in the windows, and desolation shall be upon the posts, for the Cedars are uncovered.)

Gnva And flockes shall lie in the middes of her, and all the beastes of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owle shall abide in the vpper postes of it: the voyce of birdes shall sing in the windowes, and desolations shalbe vpon the postes: for the cedars are vncouered.
(And flocks shall lie in the midst of her, and all the beasts/animals of the nations, and the pelicane, and the owl shall abide in the upper posts of it: the voice of birds shall sing in the windows, and desolations shall be upon the posts: for the cedars are uncovered.)

Cvdl The flockes and all the beastes of the people shall lye in the myddest of it, pellicanes and storckes shall abyde in the vpper postes of it, foules shal synge in the wyndowes, and rauens shal syt vpon the balckes, for the bordes of Cedre shalbe ryue downe.
(The flocks and all the beasts/animals of the people shall lie in the midst of it, pellicanes and storckes shall abide in the upper posts of it, fowls/birds shall sing in the windows, and ravens shall sit upon the balckes, for the boards of Cedar shall be ryue down.)

Wycl And flockis, and alle the beestis of folkis, schulen ligge in the myddil therof; and onacratalus, and irchun schulen dwelle in threshfoldis therof; vois of the syngynge in wyndow, and crow in the lyntil, for Y schal make thinne the strengthe therof.
(And flocks, and all the beasts/animals of folks/people, should ligge in the middle thereof; and onacratalus, and irchun should dwell in threshfoldis thereof; voice of the singing in window, and crow in the lyntil, for I shall make thin the strength thereof.)

Luth daß drinnen sich lagern werden allerlei Tiere unter den Heiden; auch Rohrdommeln und Igel werden wohnen auf ihren Türmen und werden in den Fenstern singen und die Raben auf den Balken; denn die Zedernbretter sollen abgerissen werden.
(that inside itself/yourself/themselves store(v) become all_sorts_of_things animals under the heathens; also bittern_marsh_birds and hedgehog become live/reside on/in/to your(pl) towersn and become in the windows sing and the ravens on/in/to the Balken; because/than the cedarsbretter should demolished/ragged become.)

ClVg Et accubabunt in medio ejus greges, omnes bestiæ gentium; et onocrotalus et ericius in liminibus ejus morabuntur: vox cantantis in fenestra, corvus in superliminari, quoniam attenuabo robur ejus.
(And accubabunt in/into/on in_the_middle his/her flocks, everyone beasts/animals of_Gentile_nations; and onocrotalus and ericius in/into/on liminibus his/her morabuntur: voice cantantis in/into/on window, corvus in/into/on superliminari, since/because attenuabo strength his/her.)

UHB וְ⁠רָבְצ֨וּ בְ⁠תוֹכָ֤⁠הּ עֲדָרִים֙ כָּל־חַיְת⁠וֹ־ג֔וֹי גַּם־קָאַת֙ גַּם־קִפֹּ֔ד בְּ⁠כַפְתֹּרֶ֖י⁠הָ יָלִ֑ינוּ ק֠וֹל יְשׁוֹרֵ֤ר בַּֽ⁠חַלּוֹן֙ חֹ֣רֶב בַּ⁠סַּ֔ף כִּ֥י אַרְזָ֖ה עֵרָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ νεμήσονται ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ποίμνια, καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία τῆς γῆς, καὶ χαμαιλέοντες, καὶ ἐχῖνοι ἐν τοῖς φατνώμασιν αὐτῆς κοιτασθήσονται· καὶ θηρία φωνήσει ἐν τοῖς διορύγμασιν αὐτῆς καὶ κόρακες ἐν τοῖς πυλῶσιν αὐτῆς, διότι κέδρος τὸ ἀνάστημα αὐτῆς.

BrTr And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was as a cedar.