Psalms 102:6 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.

English ASV

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.

English Amplified

I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

I am like an eagle owl, like a little owl among the ruins.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

I am become like the pelican of the wilderness, I am as an owl in desolate places;

English EASY 2024

I am like a wild bird in the desert. I am like an owl in the wilderness.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I am lonely, like an owl living in the desert, like an owl living among old ruined buildings.

I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I am like a wild bird in the desert, like an owl in abandoned ruins.

English God's Word - GW 1995

I am like a desert owl, like an owl living in the ruins.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

English KJV 1611

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

English LSB

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

I am like an owl of the wilderness; like an owl of the desert.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

From my loud groaning I become just skin and bones.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

I'm like a desert owl. I'm like an owl among destroyed buildings.

English NIV

I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

English NKJ 1982

I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.

English NLT

I am like an owl in the desert, like a lonely owl in a far-off wilderness.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

I am like an owl of the wilderness, like a little owl of the waste places.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

I’m like a pelican of the wilderness, like an owl among the ruins.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

I am like a vulture of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

I am like a vulture in a far-off wilderness or like an owl alone in the desert.

English Tyndale 1537

I am become like a pelican in the wilderness, and like an owl in a broken wall.

Psalms 102:6 — Compare Translations