For bthe day of the Lord is at hand;
It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
The herds of cattle are restless,
Because they have no pasture;
Even the flocks of sheep1 suffer punishment.
For bfire has devoured the open pastures,
And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
For bthe water brooks are dried up,
And fire has devoured the1 open pastures.
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American Standard Version
The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
Amplified® Bible
The seed [grain] rots {and} shrivels under the clods, the garners are desolate {and} empty, the barns are in ruins because the grain has failed.
Contemporary English Version
Seeds dry up in the ground; no harvest is possible. Our barns are in bad shape, with no grain to store in them.
Darby English Version
The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
Good News Bible
The seeds die in the dry earth. There is no grain to be stored, and so the empty granaries are in ruins.
King James Version
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
New American Standard Bible
The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.
New International Version
The seeds are shriveled
beneath the clods.
The storehouses are in ruins,
the granaries have been broken down,
for the grain has dried up.
New King James Version
The seed shrivels under the clods,
Storehouses are in shambles;
Barns are broken down,
For the grain has withered.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses suffered desolation, They have torn the barns down, For the grain has dried up.
Revised Standard Version
The seed shrivels under the clods, the storehouses are desolate; the granaries are ruined because the grain has failed.
Young's Literal Translation
Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.
New English Translation
The grains of seed1 have shriveled beneath their shovels.2 Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.
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