Joel 1:1

AMP: The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

ASV: The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

BSB: This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

DARBY: The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

DRA: The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Phatuel.

KJV: The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Joel 1:2

AMP: Hear this, O elders,Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land!Has such a thing as this occurred in your days,Or even in the days of your fathers?

ASV: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

BSB: Hear this, O elders;and give ear, all who dwell in the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your daysor in the days of your fathers?

DARBY: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

DRA: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

KJV: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Joel 1:3

AMP: Tell your children about it,And let your children tell their children,And their children the next generation.

ASV: Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.

BSB: Tell it to your children;let your children tell it to their children,and their children to the next generation.

DARBY: Tell your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation:

DRA: Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation.

KJV: Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Joel 1:4

AMP: ¶What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten [in judgment of Judah].

ASV: That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

BSB: What the devouring locust has left,the swarming locust has eaten;what the swarming locust has left,the young locust has eaten;and what the young locust has left,the destroying locust has eaten.

DARBY: that which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

DRA: That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.

KJV: That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Joel 1:5

AMP: Awake [from your intoxication], you drunkards, and weep;Wail, all you drinkers of wine,Because of the [fresh] sweet wineThat is cut off from your mouth.

ASV: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

BSB: Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;wail, all you drinkers of wine,because of the sweet wine,for it has been cut off from your mouth.

DARBY: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.

DRA: Awake, ye that are drunk, and weep, and mourn all ye that take delight in drinking sweet wine: for it is cut off from your mouth.

KJV: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:6

AMP: For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],Mighty and without number;Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,And it has the fangs of a lioness. [Rev 9:7, 8]

ASV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

BSB: For a nation has invaded My land,powerful and without number;its teeth are the teeth of a lion,and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

DARBY: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.

DRA: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp.

KJV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Joel 1:7

AMP: It has made My vine (My people) a waste and object of horror,And splintered and broken My fig tree.It has stripped them completely bare and thrown them away;Their branches have become white. [Is 5:5, 6]

ASV: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig-tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

BSB: It has laid waste My grapevineand splintered My fig tree.It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away;the branches have turned white.

DARBY: He hath made my vine a desolation, and barked my fig-tree; he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away: its branches are made white.

DRA: He hath laid my vineyard waste, and hath pilled off the bark of my fig tree: he hath stripped it bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

KJV: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Joel 1:8

AMP: ¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with sackclothFor the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].

ASV: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

BSB: Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,grieving for the husband of her youth.

DARBY: Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

DRA: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

KJV: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:9

AMP: The [daily] grain offering and the drink offering are cut offFrom the house of the Lord;The priests mournWho minister to the Lord.

ASV: The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah`s ministers, mourn.

BSB: Grain and drink offerings have been cut offfrom the house of the LORD;the priests are in mourning,those who minister before the LORD.

DARBY: The oblation and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn.

DRA: Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the priests, the Lord's ministers, have mourned:

KJV: The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’S ministers, mourn.

Joel 1:10

AMP: The field is ruined,The ground mourns;For the grain is ruined,The new wine is dried up,The fresh oil fails.

ASV: The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

BSB: The field is ruined;the land mourns.For the grain is destroyed,the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

DARBY: The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

DRA: The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.

KJV: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Joel 1:11

AMP: Be ashamed, O farmers;Wail, O vinedressers,For the wheat and for the barley,Because the harvest of the field has perished.

ASV: Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.

BSB: Be dismayed, O farmers,wail, O vinedressers,over the wheat and barley,because the harvest of the field has perished.

DARBY: Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.

DRA: The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished.

KJV: Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:12

AMP: The vine dries upAnd the fig tree fails;The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,All the trees of the field dry up,Indeed, joy dries up and withdrawsFrom the sons of men.

ASV: The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.

BSB: The grapevine is dried up,and the fig tree is withered;the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard— are withered.Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

DARBY: The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men.

DRA: The vineyard is confounded, and the fig tree hath languished: the pomegranate tree, and the palm tree, and the apple tree, and all the trees of the field are withered: because joy is withdrawn from the children of men.

KJV: The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Joel 1:13

AMP: ¶Clothe yourselves with sackclothAnd lament (cry out in grief), O priests;Wail, O ministers of the altar!Come, spend the night in sackcloth [and pray without ceasing],O ministers of my God,For the grain offering and the drink offeringAre withheld from the house of your God.

ASV: Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

BSB: Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests;wail, O ministers of the altar.Come, spend the night in sackcloth,O ministers of my God,because the grain and drink offeringsare withheld from the house of your God.

DARBY: Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

DRA: Gird yourselves, and lament, O ye priests, howl, ye ministers of the altars: go in, lie in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: because sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of your God.

KJV: Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Joel 1:14

AMP: Consecrate a fast,Proclaim a solemn assembly,Gather the eldersAnd all the inhabitants of the landTo the house of the Lord your God,And cry out to the Lord [in penitent pleadings].

ASV: Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men [and] all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

BSB: Consecrate a fast;proclaim a solemn assembly!Gather the eldersand all the residents of the landto the house of the LORD your God,and cry out to the LORD.

DARBY: Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, [and] all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

DRA: Sanctify ye a fast, call an assembly; gather together the ancients, all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God: and cry ye to the Lord:

KJV: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

Joel 1:15

AMP: Alas for the day!For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the Almighty. [Zeph 1:14-18]

ASV: Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

BSB: Alas for the day!For the Day of the LORD is near,and it will comeas destruction from the Almighty.

DARBY: Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

DRA: Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

KJV: Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Joel 1:16

AMP: Has not the food been cut off before our eyes,Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

ASV: Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?

BSB: Has not the food been cut offbefore our very eyes —joy and gladnessfrom the house of our God?

DARBY: Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

DRA: Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

KJV: Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:17

AMP: The seeds [of grain] shrivel under the clods,The storehouses are desolate and empty,The barns are in ruinsBecause the grain is dried up.

ASV: The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

BSB: The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;the storehouses are in ruins;the granaries are broken down,for the grain has withered away.

DARBY: The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

DRA: The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.

KJV: The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Joel 1:18

AMP: How the animals groan!The herds of cattle are bewildered and wander aimlesslyBecause they have no pasture;Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

ASV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

BSB: How the cattle groan!The herds wander in confusionbecause they have no pasture.Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

DARBY: How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.

DRA: Why did the beast groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished.

KJV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Joel 1:19

AMP: O Lord, I cry out to You,For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness,And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.

ASV: O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

BSB: To You, O LORD, I call,for fire has consumed the open pasturesand flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

DARBY: To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.

DRA: To thee, 0 Lord, will I cry: because fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the country.

KJV: O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:20

AMP: Even the wild animals pant [in longing] for You;For the water brooks are dried upAnd fire has consumed the pastures of the wilderness.

ASV: Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

BSB: Even the beasts of the field pant for You,for the streams of water have dried up,and fire has consumed the open pastures.

DARBY: The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

DRA: Yea and the beasts of the field have looked up to thee, as a garden bed that thirsteth after rain, for the springs of waters are dried up, and fire hath devoured the beautiful places of the wilderness.

KJV: The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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