InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Yoel 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20
← YOEL (JOEL) 1:17 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV The_seeds they_have_shrivelled under shovels_of_their the_storehouses they_are_desolate the_granaries they_have_been_torn_down if/because the_grain it_has_dried_up.
OET (OET-RV) The seeds have shrivelled under their clods.
⇔ The storehouses are in ruins.
⇔ The granaries have been torn down,
⇔ because the grain has dried up.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת
broken_down (Some words not found in UHB: shrivel seeds below/instead_of shovels_of,their desolate storehouses broken_down granaries that/for/because/then/when dried_up grain )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the granaries have broken down]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן
dried_up (Some words not found in UHB: shrivel seeds below/instead_of shovels_of,their desolate storehouses broken_down granaries that/for/because/then/when dried_up grain )
Joel is speaking of grain as if it were a liquid that had dried up. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the grain has disappeared as if it had evaporated] or [the supply of grain has run out]
OET-LV The_seeds they_have_shrivelled under shovels_of_their the_storehouses they_are_desolate the_granaries they_have_been_torn_down if/because the_grain it_has_dried_up.
OET (OET-RV) The seeds have shrivelled under their clods.
⇔ The storehouses are in ruins.
⇔ The granaries have been torn down,
⇔ because the grain has dried up.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.