Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
New American Standard Bible
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
King James Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Holman Bible
like an owl among the ruins.
International Standard Version
I resemble a pelican in the wilderness or an owl in a desolate land.
A Conservative Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
American Standard Version
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
Amplified
I am like a [mournful]
I am like a [desolate] owl of the wasteland.
Julia Smith Translation
I was like to the pelican of the desert: I was as the owl of the dry places.
King James 2000
I am like a vulture of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins.
Modern King James verseion
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl in a broken wall.
NET Bible
I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.
New Heart English Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
The Emphasized Bible
I am like the pelican of the desert, I have become as an owl among ruins.
Webster
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
World English Bible
I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 102:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Affliction In Light Of Eternity
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. 6 I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places; 7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
Cross References
Zephaniah 2:14
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.
Job 30:29-30
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 34:11-15
And the pelican and the bittern shall possess it, and the great owl and the raven shall dwell in it. And he shall stretch out upon it the line of waste, and the plummets of emptiness.
Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed with looking upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Micah 1:8
For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
Revelation 18:2
And he cried with a strong voice, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, and has become the habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hated bird;