Psalms 102:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.”
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BSBPD
“I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 102:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:16the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
- Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Job 30:29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
- Isaiah 34:11The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
- Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
- Micah 1:8Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.
- Zephaniah 2:14Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl 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.
- Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
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