Joel 2:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.”
Joel 2:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joel 2:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joel 2:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.”
Joel 2:3 — World English Bible
Joel 2:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.”
Joel 2:3 — American Standard Version
Joel 2:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden <FI>is<Fi> the land before it, And after it a wilderness--a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,”
Joel 2:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Joel 2:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.”
Joel 2:3 — Darby Translation
Joel 2:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“A fire deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the land is as the garden of Eden before him, and behinde him a desolate wildernesse, so that nothing shall escape him.”
Joel 2:3 — Geneva Bible
Joel 2:3 in Context — Joel 2
1 TOCAD trompeta en Sión, y pregonad en mi santo monte: tiemblen todos los moradores de la tierra; porque viene el día de Jehová, porque está cercano.
2 Día de tinieblas y de oscuridad, día de nube y de sombra, que sobre los montes se derrama como el alba: un pueblo grande y fuerte: nunca desde el siglo fué semejante, ni después de él será jamás en años de generación en generación.
3 Delante de él consumirá fuego, tras de él abrasará llama; como el huerto de Edén será la tierra delante de él, y detrás de él [como] desierto asolado; ni tampoco habrá quien de él escape.
4 Su parecer, como parecer de caballos; y como gente de á caballo correrán.
5 Como estruendo de carros saltarán sobre las cumbres de los montes; como sonido de llama de fuego que consume hojarascas, como fuerte pueblo aparejado para la batalla.
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What Does Joel 2:3 Mean?
Joel 2:3 is a verse from the Book of Joel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joel chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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