Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

American Standard Version (ASV)

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:

Webster's Bible (WBT)

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

World English Bible (WEB)

They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,