JOEL 3:20 Interlinear View

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וִ⁠יהוּדָ֖ה

(vi⁠yhūdāh)

Yahweh is using the term Judah by association to mean the people living in Judah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the people of Judah]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וִ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לְ⁠ד֥וֹר וָ⁠דֽוֹר

(vi⁠yrūshālaim lə⁠dōr vā⁠dōr)

Yahweh 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: [and Jerusalem will dwell to generation and generation]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ⁠ד֥וֹר וָ⁠דֽוֹר

(lə⁠dōr vā⁠dōr)

Like the expression in [2:2](../02/02.md), this means “for a very long time.” Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [for all generations to come]

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

3:20-21 The conclusion of Joel’s prophecy is the antithesis of its beginning. In 1:1-20, Judah’s future seemed in grave doubt. Plague and drought, the signs of divine judgment, threatened Judah’s existence. Now Joel ends with the divine assurance that Judah . . . and Jerusalem will endure through all generations. God’s people in every generation rest secure in the hope that his kingdom will reign over heaven and earth (see also Isa 9:6-7; Dan 2:44; 7:13-14).

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

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.

OET interlinear JOEL 3:20

Hebrew word order

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)