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 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21
◄ ← YOEL (JOEL) 3:14 ↓ → ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV (JOL 4:14) [fn] Multitudes multitudes are_in_the_valley_of (the)_decision if/because is_near the_day_of YHWH in_the_valley_of (the)_decision.
4:14 Note: KJB: Yōʼēl/(Joel).3.14
OET (OET-RV) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision,
⇔ because Yahweh’s day is near in the valley of decision.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶֽחָר֑וּץ & בְּעֵ֖מֶק
multitudes multitudes (Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )
Joel is repeating the word multitudes in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [Vast multitudes in the valley of decision]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶֽחָר֑וּץ & בְּעֵ֖מֶק
multitudes multitudes (Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )
Joel is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶֽחָר֑וּץ & בְּעֵ֖מֶק
(Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of decision, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in the valley where I will decide their fate]
OET-LV (JOL 4:14) [fn] Multitudes multitudes are_in_the_valley_of (the)_decision if/because is_near the_day_of YHWH in_the_valley_of (the)_decision.
4:14 Note: KJB: Yōʼēl/(Joel).3.14
OET (OET-RV) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision,
⇔ because Yahweh’s day is near in the valley of decision.
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.