^26:22I will send the wild animals³⁴ against you and they will bereave you of your children,³⁵ annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population³⁶ so that your roads will become deserted.

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Footnotes

34 Heb “the animal of the field.” This collective singular has been translated as a plural. The expression “animal of the field” refers to a wild (i.e., nondomesticated) animal.
35 The words “of your children” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
36 Heb “and diminish you.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And I will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that your roads shall be deserted.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

NLTNew Living Translation

I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And I will send wild animals out among you, and they shall make you childless, and they shall cut down your domestic animals, and they shall make you fewer; and your roads shall be desolate.

KJV 1900King James Version

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

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