倘若我使猛獸在那裡橫行、肆虐，以致那裡荒涼、人蹤絕跡，

我若使恶兽经过糟践那地，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

我若使恶兽经过那地，大肆蹂躏，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

我若使恶兽经过那地，大肆蹂躏，使地荒凉，以致因这些兽，人都不得经过；

倘若我使猛兽在那里横行、肆虐，以致那里荒凉、人踪绝迹，

如果我使猛兽经过那地，蹂躏那地，使它荒凉，以致因为这些兽的缘故，没有人敢经过；

我若使惡獸經過糟踐那地，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

我若使惡獸經過那地，大肆蹂躪，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

我若使惡獸經過那地，大肆蹂躪，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸，人都不得經過；

如果我使猛獸經過那地，蹂躪那地，使它荒涼，以致因為這些獸的緣故，沒有人敢經過；

或者我若使惡獸經過那地而蹧踐它，使地荒涼，以致因這些獸人都不得經過；

我若使暴獸經於其地、而毀壞之、致成荒蕪、因獸之故、無人過之、

如我使暴獸侵噬其國、致之荒蕪、人蹤罕見、

如我使猛獸侵其國、吞噬人民、使地荒蕪、因獸無人經過、

“ Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,

“ Or suppose I send wild animals through that country. And they kill all its children. It becomes a dry and empty desert. No one can pass through it because of the animals.

“ If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no one may pass through because of the beasts,

“ Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.

“ Suppose I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals.

“ If I were to cause vicious animals to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the animals,

“ If I cause wild beasts to pass through the land, and they empty it, and make it so desolate that no man may pass through because of the beasts,

If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it be made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the beasts;

“ If I allow dangerous animals to pass through the land and depopulate it so that it becomes desolate, with no one passing through it for fear of the animals,

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

“ Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

“ If I cause evil animals to pass through the land, and they ravage it, and it is made desolate, so that no man may pass through because of the animals;

我要讓野獸殘害你們的子女，吞噬你們的牲畜，使你們人口銳減，路上杳無人跡。

我必讓饑荒和猛獸來侵害你們，奪走你們的兒女，使你們飽受瘟疫、暴行和刀劍之災，這是我耶和華說的。」

「我要讓他們遭受四種禍患——刀殺、狗撕、鳥啄、獸吞。這是耶和華說的。

那位先知就對他說：「既然你不聽從耶和華的吩咐，你一離開我，就會被獅子咬死。」那同伴走後，果然遇見獅子，被咬死了。

剛遷居到那裡的時候，他們不敬拜耶和華，所以耶和華差遣獅子闖入他們當中，咬死了一些人。