Verse List for JOEL 1:6

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  Because a powerful nation (of locusts) with innumerable soldiers has come against my land, ⇔ Its teeth are like a lion’s teeth, ⇔ ≈ and the fangs are like those of a lioness.

OET-LV If/because a _nation it _has _come _up on land _of_my it_is_mighty and_there_is_not number teeth _of_its are_the_teeth _of a _lion and_the _fangs _of a _lion to_him/it.

ULT For a nation has come up against my land, ⇔  strong and without number. ⇔ Its teeth, are the teeth of a lion, ⇔  and the fangs of a lioness, are to it.

UST Huge swarms of locusts have entered our country. ⇔  They are like a powerful army ⇔ that has very many soldiers; ⇔  no one can count them. ⇔ The locusts have teeth that are as sharp as the teeth of lions!

BSB & MSB For a nation has invaded My land, ⇔  powerful and without number; ⇔ its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, ⇔  and its fangs [are the fangs] of a lioness

OEB For a nation has come up on my land, ⇔  powerful, and numberless; ⇔ its teeth are the teeth of a lion, ⇔  and its jaw-teeth are like those of a lioness.

WEBBE & WMBB For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. ⇔  His teeth are the teeth of a lion, ⇔  and he has the fangs of a lioness.

MSG ^(5-7)Sober up, you drunks! Get in touch with reality—and weep! Your supply of booze is cut off. You’re on the wagon, like it or not. My country’s being invaded by an army invincible, past numbering, Teeth like those of a lion, fangs like those of a tiger. It has ruined my vineyards, stripped my orchards, And clear-cut the country. The landscape’s a moonscape.

NET For a nation has invaded our land. ⇔ There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. ⇔ Their teeth are like those of a lion; ⇔ they tear apart their prey like a lioness.

LSV For a nation has come up on My land,
Strong, and there is no number,
Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion,
And it has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

FBV A nation has invaded my land: powerful and too many to count. Their teeth are like lion's teeth, their fangs like those of a lioness.

T4T Huge swarms of locusts have entered our country. ⇔ They are like [MET] a powerful army ⇔ that has very many soldiers, ⇔  with the result that no one can count them. ⇔ The locusts have teeth that are as sharp as the teeth of lions [DOU]!

LEB • Because a nation has invaded[fn] my land,
• strong and beyond counting .[fn]
• Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
• and its fangs are those of a lioness.

BBE For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

Moff A host has invaded our land, ⇔ powerful and numberless, ⇔ their teeth the teeth of a lion, ⇔ with the fangs of a lioness;

JPS For a people is come up upon my land, mighty, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

ASV For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

DRA For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion’s whelp.

YLT For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

Drby For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.

RV For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw teeth of a great lion.
(For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath/has the jaw teeth of a great lion.)

SLT For a nation came up upon my land, strong, and no number; his teeth the teeth of a lion, and a biter’s teeth of the lioness to him.

Wbstr For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

KJB-1769 For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
(For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath/has the cheek teeth of a great lion.)

KJB-1611 For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the cheeke-teeth of a great lyon.
(For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath/has the cheek-teeth of a great lion.)

Bshps For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, mightie and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath the iawes of a great lion.
(For a nation is come up upon my land, mighty and without number: his teeth are as the teeth of a lion, and he hath/has the jaws of a great lion.)

Gnva Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, and without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.
(Yea, a nation cometh/comes upon my land, mighty, and without number, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and he hath/has the jaws of a great lion.)

Cvdl Yee a mightie & an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe: these haue teth like the teth of lyons, & chaftbones like the lyonesses.
(Ye/You_all a mighty and an innumerable people shall come up in to my land: these have teeth like the teeth of lions, and chaftbones like the lionesses.)

Wycl For whi a folc strong and vnnoumbrable stiede on my lond. The teeth therof ben as the teeth of a lioun, and the cheek teeth therof ben as of a whelp of a lioun.
(For why a folk/people strong and innumerable stayed on my land. The teeth thereof been as the teeth of a lion, and the cheek teeth thereof been as of a whelp/pup_or_cub of a lion.)

Luth Denn es zeucht herauf in mein Land ein mächtig Volk, und des ohne Zahl; das hat Zähne wie Löwen und Backenzähne wie Löwinnen.
(Because it pulls up in my country a powerful people, and the without number; the has teeth as/like lions and molars as/like Löwinnen.)

ClVg Gens enim ascendit super terram meam, fortis et innumerabilis: dentes ejus ut dentes leonis, et molares ejus ut catuli leonis.
(Gens because went_up over the_earth/land of_mine, strong/powerful and innumerable: teeth his/her as teeth lion’s, and millstoneres his/her as kittens lion’s.)

UHB כִּֽי־גוֹי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־אַרְצִ֔⁠י עָצ֖וּם וְ⁠אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּי⁠ו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽ⁠מְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὅτι ἔθνος ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν μου ἰσχυρὸν καὶ ἀναρίθμητον, οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ὀδόντες λέοντος, καὶ αἱ μῦλαι αὐτοῦ σκύμνου·

BrTr For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion's teeth, and their back teeth those of a lion's whelp.