KJV King James Version
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Isaiah 34:14
The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
WEB World English Bible
The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
ASV American Standard Version
And the wild beasts of the desert shall meet with the wolves, and the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night-monster shall settle there, and shall find her a place of rest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And met have Ziim with Aiim, And the goat for its companion calleth, Only there rested hath the night-owl, And hath found for herself a place of rest.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 34
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
12 They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none [shall be] there, and all her princes shall be nothing.
13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, [and] a court for owls.
14 The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.
15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.
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וּפָגְשׁ֤וּH6298 · pa.gashto meetצִיִּים֙H6728 · tsiy.yiwild beastאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִיִּ֔יםH338 · iwild beastוְשָׂעִ֖ירH8163 · sa.irhairyעַל־H5921 · aluponרֵעֵ֣הוּH7453 · re.aneighborיִקְרָ֑אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאַךְ־H389 · akhsurelyשָׁם֙H8033 · shamthereהִרְגִּ֣יעָהH7280 · ra.gato disturbלִּילִ֔יתH3917 · li.litnight-creatureוּמָצְאָ֥הH4672 · ma.tsato findלָ֖הּH9034 · haherמָנֽוֹחַ׃H4494 · ma.no.achresting
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