New International VersionWe all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.
New Living TranslationWe growl like hungry bears; we moan like mournful doves. We look for justice, but it never comes. We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
English Standard VersionWe all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Berean Standard BibleWe all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
King James BibleWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but
there is none; for salvation,
but it is far off from us.
New King James VersionWe all growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We look for justice, but
there is none; For salvation,
but it is far from us.
New American Standard BibleAll of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none; For salvation,
but it is far from us.
NASB 1995All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
NASB 1977All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation,
but it is far from us.
Legacy Standard BibleAll of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation,
but it is far from us.
Amplified BibleWe all groan
and growl like bears, And coo sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.
Christian Standard BibleWe all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Holman Christian Standard BibleWe all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
American Standard VersionWe roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Contemporary English VersionWe growl like bears and mourn like doves. We hope for justice and victory, but they escape us.
English Revised VersionWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationWe all growl like bears. We coo like doves. We hope for justice, but there is none. We hope for salvation, but it's far from us.
Good News TranslationWe are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.
International Standard VersionWe all growl like bears; we sigh mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, and for deliverance, but it's far from us.
NET BibleWe all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
New Heart English BibleWe roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Webster's Bible TranslationWe all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleWe all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
World English BibleWe all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionWe make a noise as bears—all of us, "" And we coo severely as doves; We wait for judgment, and there is none, "" For salvation—it has been far from us.
Young's Literal Translation We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
Smith's Literal TranslationWe shall growl as bears all of us, and murmuring we shall murmur as doves: we shall wait for judgment, and none; for salvation, it was far from us.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleWe shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and it is far from us.
Catholic Public Domain VersionWe will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.
New American BibleLike bears we all growl, like doves we moan without ceasing. We cry out for justice, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
New Revised Standard VersionWe all growl like bears; like doves we moan mournfully. We wait for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleWe all roar like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedWe roar, all of us, like bears, and we moan like doves. We wait for justice, and there is none, and for redemption, and it is far from us
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917We all growl like bears, And mourn sore like doves; We look for right, but there is none; For salvation, but it is far off from us.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationThey shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us.
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