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Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the wadis; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive and not lose some of the animals.”

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Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs(A) and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”(B)

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Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.

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Even the doe in the field
    deserts her newborn fawn
    because there is no grass.(A)

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The wild asses stand on the bare heights;[a]
    they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
    because there is no herbage.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 14.6 Or the trails

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights(A)
    and pant like jackals;
their eyes fail
    for lack of food.”(B)

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Therefore the land mourns,
    and all who live in it languish;
together with the wild animals
    and the birds of the air,
    even the fish of the sea are perishing.(A)

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Because of this the land dries up,(A)
    and all who live in it waste away;(B)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(C)

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