Verse List for JOEL 2:2

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OET (OET-RV) It’ll be a day of darkness and gloom— ⇔ a day of clouds and thick darkness ⇔ like the dawn being spread out on the mountains. ⇔ There hasn’t been a great and mighty army like that since the beginning of time, ⇔ and after it there won’t be again for many generations.

OET-LV A _day _of darkness and_gloom a _day _of cloud and_thick _darkness like_dawn spread _out over the_mountains a _people numerous and_mighty like_it not it _has _occurred since (the)_antiquity and_after_it not it _will _repeat until years _of a _generation and_a _generation.

ULT a day of darkness and gloom, ⇔  a day of clouds and thick darkness. ⇔ Like the dawn being spread upon the mountains, ⇔  a great and mighty people. ⇔ Like it there has not been from antiquity, ⇔  and after it there will not be again ⇔  to years of generation and generation.

UST That will be a very dark and gloomy day; ⇔ A huge swarm of locusts forms a black cloud, making it very dark. ⇔ The swarm spreads over the mountains like the light of dawn; ⇔  they are like a mighty army. ⇔ Nothing like this has ever happened before, ⇔  and nothing like this will ever happen again.

BSB & MSB a day of darkness and gloom, ⇔  a day of clouds and blackness. ⇔ Like the dawn overspreading the mountains ⇔  a great and strong army [appears], ⇔ such as never was of old, ⇔  nor will ever be in ages to come.

OEB the day of darkness and gloom, ⇔  the day of cloud and thick darkness! ⇔ Like the light of dawn scattered over the mountains, ⇔  a people great and powerful; ⇔ its like has not been from of old, ⇔  neither will be any more after it, ⇔  even to the years of coming ages.

WEBBE & WMBB A day of darkness and gloominess, ⇔  a day of clouds and thick darkness. ⇔ As the dawn spreading on the mountains, ⇔  a great and strong people; ⇔  there has never been the like, ⇔  neither will there be any more after them, ⇔  even to the years of many generations.

MSG ^(1-3)Blow the ram’s horn trumpet in Zion! Trumpet the alarm on my holy mountain! Shake the country up! God’s Judgment’s on its way—the Day’s almost here! A black day! A Doomsday! Clouds with no silver lining! Like dawn light moving over the mountains, a huge army is coming. There’s never been anything like it and never will be again. Wildfire burns everything before this army and fire licks up everything in its wake. Before it arrives, the country is like the Garden of Eden. When it leaves, it is Death Valley. Nothing escapes unscathed.

NET It will be a day of dreadful darkness, ⇔ a day of foreboding storm clouds, ⇔ like blackness spread over the mountains. ⇔ It is a huge and powerful army – ⇔ there has never been anything like it ever before, ⇔ and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

LSV A day of darkness and thick darkness,
A day of cloud and thick darkness,
As darkness spread on the mountains,
A people numerous and mighty,
Like there has not been from of old,
And after it there is not again—Until the years of generation and generation.

FBV It's a gloomy day of darkness, a day of thick clouds and heavy shadows. Like the dawn spreading over the mountains, an army appears,[fn] so large and powerful that there has never ever been anything like it before, nor will there ever be anything like it again.

T4T That will be a very dark and gloomy day; ⇔  there will be black clouds and it will be very dark. ⇔ A huge swarm of locusts has covered the mountains like [SIM] a black cloud. ⇔ Nothing like this has ever happened before, ⇔  and nothing like this will ever happen again.

LEB • A day of darkness and gloom,
  • a day of cloud and thick darkness,
• like the dawn spreads on the mountains,
  • a great and strong army!
• There has been nothing like it from old,
  • and after it nothing will be again for generations to come .[fn]

BBE For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

Moff a dark day in a shroud, ⇔ a day of fog and cloud]] ⇔ here comes a huge host in power, ⇔ blackening the hills; ⇔ the like of it never has been, ⇔ the like of it never shall be ⇔ for years upon years to come;

JPS A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spread upon the mountains; a great people and a mighty, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

ASV a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

DRA A day of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds and whirlwinds: a numerous and strong people as the morning spread upon the mountains: the like to it hath not been from the beginning, nor shall be after it even to the years of generation and generation.

YLT A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again — till the years of generation and generation.

Drby a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and gross darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; — a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, to the years of generations and generations.

RV a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.
(a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong, there hath/has not been ever the like, neither shall be anymore after them, even to the years of many generations.)

SLT A day of darkness and of thick darkness; a day of cloud and gloom as the morning spread upon the mountains: great and strong people; the like to him was not from forever, and after him there shall not be added even to the years of generation and generation.

Wbstr A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

KJB-1769 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.[fn]
(A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath/has not been ever the like, neither shall be anymore after it, even to the years of many generations.)

KJB-1611 A day of darkenesse and of gloominesse, a day of clouds and of thicke darkenesse, as the morning spread vpon the mountaines: a great people and a strong, there hath not beene euer the like, neither shall be any more after it, euen to the yeres [fn]of many generations.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps A darke and glomie day, a cloudie and blacke day: as the mornyng is spread ouer the mountaynes so is this populus & strong people, like it there was none from the beginning, nor shalbe herafter for euermore.
(A dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and black day: as the morning is spread over the mountains so is this populus and strong people, like it there was none from the beginning, nor shall be hereafter forever.)

Gnva A day of darkenesse, and of blacknesse, a day of cloudes, and obscuritie, as the morning spred vpon the mountaines, so is there a great people, and a mighty: there was none like it from the beginning, neither shalbe any more after it, vnto the yeeres of many generations.
(A day of darkness, and of blackness, a day of clouds, and obscurity, as the morning spread upon the mountains, so is there a great people, and a mighty: there was none like it from the beginning, neither shall be anymore after it, unto the years of many generations.)

Cvdl a darcke daye, a gloomynge daye, a cloudy daye, yee & a stormy daye, like as the mornynge spredeth out vpo the hilles: Namely, a great & mightie people: soch as haue not bene sens ye begynnynge, nether shal be after them for euermore.
(a dark day, a gloomy day, a cloudy day, ye/you_all and a stormy day, like as the morning spreadeth/spreads out upon the hills: Namely, a great and mighty people: such as have not been since ye/you_all beginning, neither shall be after them forever.)

Wycl for the dai of derknessis and of myist is niy, the dai of cloude and of whirlewynde. As the morewtid spred abrood on hillis, a myche puple and strong. Noon was lijk it fro the bigynnyng, and after it schal not be, til in to yeeris of generacioun and of generacioun.
(for the day of darkness and of myist is nigh/near, the day of cloud and of whirlwind. As the morning spread abroad on hills, a much people and strong. Noon was like it from the beginning, and after it shall not be, till in to years of generation and of generation.)

Luth Ein finstrer Tag, ein dunkler Tag, ein wolkiger Tag, ein nebliger Tag, gleichwie sich die Morgenröte ausbreitet über die Berge, nämlich ein groß und mächtig Volk desgleichen vorhin nicht gewesen ist und hinfort nicht sein wird zu ewigen Zeiten für und für.
(A finstrer day, a darkr day, a wolkiger day, a nebliger day, same_as itself/yourself/themselves the dawn spreads above the mountains/hills, namely a large and powerful people likewise earlier not been is and henceforth not be becomes to/for eternal times/periods for/in_favour_of and for/in_favour_of.)

ClVg Dies tenebrarum et caliginis, dies nubis et turbinis; quasi mane expansum super montes populus multus et fortis: similis ei non fuit a principio, et post eum non erit usque in annos generationis et generationis.
(The_day of_darkness and of_darkness, days cloud and turbinis; as_if in_the_morning expansum over mountains the_people many and strong/powerful: similar to_him not/no it_was from at_the_beginning, and after him not/no will_be until in/into/on years generation and generation.)

UHB י֧וֹם חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וַ⁠אֲפֵלָ֗ה י֤וֹם עָנָן֙ וַ⁠עֲרָפֶ֔ל כְּ⁠שַׁ֖חַר פָּרֻ֣שׂ עַל־הֶֽ⁠הָרִ֑ים עַ֚ם רַ֣ב וְ⁠עָצ֔וּם כָּמֹ֗⁠הוּ לֹ֤א נִֽהְיָה֙ מִן־הָ֣⁠עוֹלָ֔ם וְ⁠אַֽחֲרָי⁠ו֙ לֹ֣א יוֹסֵ֔ף עַד־שְׁנֵ֖י דּ֥וֹר וָ⁠דֽוֹר׃ ‡

BrLXX ἡμέρα σκότους καὶ γνόφου, ἡμέρα νεφέλης καὶ ὁμίχλης· ὡς ὄρθρος χυθήσεται ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρὸς, ὅμοιος αὐτῷ οὐ γέγονεν ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος, καὶ μετʼ αὐτὸν οὐ προστεθήσεται ἕως ἐτῶν εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.

BrTr for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the [fn]beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.