Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction. Young's Literal Translation And possess her do pelican and hedge-hog, And owl and raven dwell in her, And He hath stretched out over her A line of vacancy, and stones of emptiness. King James Bible But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. Hebrew The desert owlקָאַ֣ת (qā·’aṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6893: (a bird) perhaps pelican and screech owl וְקִפּ֔וֹד (wə·qip·pō·wḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7090: A species of bird, the bittern will possess it, וִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ (wî·rê·šū·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin and the great owl וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף (wə·yan·šō·wp̄) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3244: (a ceremonially unclean bird) perhaps an owl and raven וְעֹרֵ֖ב (wə·‘ō·rêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6158: A raven will dwell יִשְׁכְּנוּ־ (yiš·kə·nū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell in it. בָ֑הּ (ḇāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew The LORD will stretch out וְנָטָ֥ה (wə·nā·ṭāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend over [Edom] עָלֶ֛יהָ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against a measuring line קַֽו־ (qaw-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6957: A cord, for, measuring, a rule, a rim, a musical string, accord of chaos תֹ֖הוּ (ṯō·hū) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain and a plumb line וְאַבְנֵי־ (wə·’aḇ·nê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 68: A stone of destruction. בֹֽהוּ׃ (ḇō·hū) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 922: A vacuity, an undistinguishable ruin |