Joel 1:18

1:18 Listen to the cattle groan! ¹ 

The herds of livestock wander around in confusion ² 

because they have no pasture.

Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Romans 8:20-22

8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility – not willingly but because of God ³  who subjected it – in hope 8:21 that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children. 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.

¹ tn Heb “how the cattle groan!”

² tn Heb “the herds of cattle are confused.” The verb בּוּךְ (bukh, “be confused”) sometimes refers to wandering aimlessly in confusion (cf. Exod 14:3).

³ tn Grk “because of the one”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.