| Holman Christian Standard (CSB) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty. [I looked] to the heavens, and their light was gone. | 23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. |
| 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills shook. | 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. |
| 25 I looked, and no man was left; all the birds of the sky had fled. | 25 I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away. |
| 26 I looked, and the fertile field was a wilderness. All its cities were torn down because of the Lord and His burning anger. | 26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger. |
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