Joel:1 Parallel Bible - ASV WLD DRV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) | The World English Online Bible (WLD) | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) |
| Joel 1:1 | The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. | The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. | The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Phatuel. |
| Joel 1:2 | 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? | Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your fathers? | 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? |
| Joel 1:3 | Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation. | Tell your children about it, And have your children tell their children, And their children, another generation. | Tell ye of this to your children, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. |
| Joel 1:4 | 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. | What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten. | 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. |
| Joel 1:5 | 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. | Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth. | 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. |
| Joel 1:6 | 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. | For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness. | 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. |
| Joel 1:7 | 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. | He has laid my vine waste, And stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white. | 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. |
| Joel 1:8 | Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. | Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth! | Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. |
| Joel 1:9 | The meal-offering and the drink-offering are cut off from the house of Jehovah; the priests, Jehovah's ministers, mourn. | The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh's house. The priests, Yahweh's ministers, mourn. | Sacrifice and libation is cut off from the house of the Lord: the priests, the Lord's ministers, have mourned: |
| Joel 1:10 | The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. | The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, And the oil languishes. | The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished. |
| Joel 1:11 | Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished. | Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers; For the wheat and for the barley; For the harvest of the field has perished. | The husbandmen are ashamed, the vinedressers have howled for the wheat, and for the barley, because the harvest of the field is perished. |
| Joel 1:12 | 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. | The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, Even all of the trees of the field are withered; For joy has withered away from the sons of men. | 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. |
| Joel 1:13 | 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. | Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house. | 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. |
| Joel 1:14 | 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. | Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, And all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, And cry to Yahweh. | 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: |
| Joel 1:15 | Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. | Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty. | Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty. |
| Joel 1:16 | Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God? | Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; Joy and gladness from the house of our God? | Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? |
| Joel 1:17 | The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. | The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered. | The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded. |
| Joel 1:18 | How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. | How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. | 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. |
| Joel 1:19 | 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. | Yahweh, I cry to you, For the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, And the flame has burned all the trees of the field. | 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. |
| Joel 1:20 | 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. | Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, For the water brooks have dried up, And the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. | 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. |
| | The American Standard Version Online Bible (ASV) | The World English Online Bible (WLD) | The Douay Rheims Online Bible (DRV) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
