Verse List for JOEL 2:4

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B I ◄ ← Joel 2:4 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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

OET (OET-RV) At first, it appears like horses, ⇔ and they run like war horses.

OET-LV is_like_the_appearance _of horses appearance _of_its and_like_horsemen so they_run.

ULT Like the appearance of horses, is its appearance, ⇔  and like steeds, thus they run.

UST The locusts resemble horses ⇔  and they run like war horses.

BSB & MSB Their appearance is like that of horses, ⇔  and they gallop like swift steeds.[fn]

OEB ⇔  Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, ⇔  and like horsemen they charge.

CSB Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like war horses.

NLT They look like horses; they charge forward like warhorses.

NIV They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry.

CEV They look like horses and charge like cavalry.

ESV Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses they run.

NASB Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.

LSB Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.

WEBBE & WMBB Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, ⇔  and they run as horsemen.

MSG ^(4-6)The locust army seems all horses— galloping horses, an army of horses. It sounds like thunder leaping on mountain ridges, Or like the roar of wildfire through grass and brush, Or like an invincible army shouting for blood, ready to fight, straining at the bit. At the sight of this army, the people panic, faces white with terror.

NET They look like horses; ⇔ they charge ahead like war horses.

LSV As the appearance of horses [is] its appearance,
And as horsemen, so they run.

FBV They have the appearance of horses; they charge like cavalry.

T4T The locusts resemble horses, ⇔  and they run like [SIM] war horses.

LEB • Like the appearance of horses is their appearance,
• and like horsemen they run;

NRSV They have the appearance of horses, and like war-horses they charge.

NKJV Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like swift steeds, so they run.

NAB Their appearance is that of horses; like war horses they run.

BBE Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

Moff They look like horses, ⇔ they run like war-horses,

JPS The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

ASV The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

DRA The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses, and they shall run like horsemen.

YLT As the appearance of horses [is] its appearance, And as horsemen, so they run.

Drby The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so they run.

RV The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

SLT His appearance as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen so shall they run.

Wbstr The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

KJB-1769 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

KJB-1611 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horse men, so shall they runne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps The shewe of him is as the shewe of horses, and like horsemen, so shall they runne.
(The show of him is as the show of horses, and like horsemen, so shall they run.)

Gnva The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, and like the horsemen, so shall they runne.
(The beholding of him is like the sight of horses, and like the horsemen, so shall they run.)

Cvdl They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses, & runne like horse men.
(They are to look upon like bayrded horses, and run like horsemen.)

Wycl The lokyng of hem schal be as the lokyng of horsis, and as horse men so thei schulen renne.
(The looking of hem shall be as the looking of horses, and as horsemen so they should run.)

Luth Sie sind gestaltet wie Rosse und rennen wie die Reiter.
(They/She are designed as/like horses and run as/like the rider.)

ClVg Quasi aspectus equorum, aspectus eorum; et quasi equites, sic current.
(As_if appearance of_horses, appearance their; and as_if horsemen, so current.)

UHB כְּ⁠מַרְאֵ֥ה סוּסִ֖ים מַרְאֵ֑⁠הוּ וּ⁠כְ⁠פָרָשִׁ֖ים כֵּ֥ן יְרוּצֽוּ⁠ן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὡς ὅρασις ἵππων ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν, καὶ ὡς ἱππεῖς οὕτως καταδιώξονται.

BrTr Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they pursue.