Verse List for JOEL 1:15

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) What a terrible day, ⇔ because Yahweh’s day is near, ⇔ and it will come as destruction from the powerful one.

OET-LV Alas for_day if/because is_near the _day _of YHWH and_like_devastation from_the_almighty[fn] it _will _come.

ULT Alas for the day! ⇔  For the day of Yahweh, is near, ⇔  and as destruction from Shaddai it will come.

UST It will soon be the time when Yahweh, who is the Almighty God, will punish us, ⇔  when he will cause us to experience more disasters. ⇔  That will be a terrible time!

BSB & MSB Alas for the day! ⇔  For the Day of the LORD is near, ⇔ and it will come ⇔  as destruction from the Almighty.[fn]

OEB Alas for the day! ⇔ Near at hand is the day of the Lord, ⇔  and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

WEBBE & WMBB Alas for the day! ⇔  For the day of the LORD is at hand, ⇔  and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

NET How awful that day will be! ⇔ For the day of the Lord is near; ⇔ it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

LSV And cry to YHWH, “Aah! For the day! For [the] Day of YHWH [is] near,
And it comes as destruction from [the] Almighty.

FBV What a terrible day! For the day of the Lord is near, it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

T4T Terrible things are happening to us! ⇔  It will soon be the time when Yahweh, who is the Almighty God, will really punish us, ⇔  when he will cause us to experience more disasters.

LEB • Ah! For the day!
• For the day of Yahweh is near.
• It will come like destruction from Shaddai.[fn]

BBE Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

Moff and cry to the Eternal, “[[Alas for the day! ⇔ the day of the Eternal is near, ⇔ and it comes as destruction from the Destroyer.]]

JPS Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

ASV Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

DRA Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

YLT And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Drby Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

RV Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,

SLT Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Wbstr Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

KJB-1769 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

KJB-1611 Alas for the day: for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almightie shall it come.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come.
(Alas for this day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, even as a destruction from the almighty shall it come.)

Gnva Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie.
(Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it cometh/comes as a destruction from the Almighty.)

Cvdl alas, alas for this daye. And why? the daye of the LORDE is at honde, and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie.
(alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh/comes as a destroyer from the Almighty.)

Wycl A! A! to the dai; for the dai of the Lord is niy, and schal come as a tempest fro the myyti.
(A! A! to the day; for the day of the Lord is nigh/near, and shall come as a tempest from the mighty.)

Luth O wehe des Tages! Denn der Tag des HErr’s ist nahe und kommt wie ein Verderben vom Allmächtigen.
(O woe the day! Because the/of_the day the LORD’s is near and comes as/like a spoiling_(one) from_the Almighty.)

ClVg A, a, a, diei ! quia prope est dies Domini, et quasi vastitas a potente veniet.
(A, a, a, of_the_day ! because near it_is days Master, and as_if devastation from powerful will_come.)

UHB אֲהָ֖הּ לַ⁠יּ֑וֹם כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה וּ⁠כְ⁠שֹׁ֖ד מִ⁠שַׁדַּ֥י יָבֽוֹא׃ ‡

BrLXX Οἴμοι, οἴμοι, οἴμοι εἰς ἡμέραν, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου, καὶ ὡς ταλαιπωρία ἐκ ταλαιπωρίας ἥξει.

BrTr Alas, alas, alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.