Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
like an owl among the ruins.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;
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
my flesh sticks to my bones.
like an owl among the ruins.
I am like a solitary bird on a roof.
Cross References
Zephaniah 2:14
every kind of wild animal.
Both the desert owl
will roost in the capitals of its pillars.
Their calls will sound
but devastation
for He will expose the cedar work.
Job 30:29-30
and a companion of ostriches.
Isaiah 34:11-15
and the great owl and the raven will dwell there.
The Lord will stretch out a measuring line
and a plumb line over her
for her destruction and chaos.
Isaiah 38:14
I moan like a dove.
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
Micah 1:8
I will walk barefoot and naked.
I will howl like the jackals
and mourn like ostriches.
Revelation 18:2
He cried in a mighty voice:
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt