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BSB § This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

OEB The Lord’s message that came to Joel, son of Pethuel.

WEB Yahweh’s[fn] word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

WMB The LORD’s[fn] word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

1:1 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.

NET This is the Lord’s message that was given
⇔ to Joel the son of Pethuel:

LSV A word of YHWH that has been to Joel, son of Pethuel:

FBV The Lord sent a message through Joel, son of Pethuel.

T4T I am Joel, the son of Pethuel. This is a message that Yahweh gave to me.

LEB The word of Yahweh that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
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BBE The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

MOF No MOF JOEL book available

JPS THE WORD of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

ASV The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

DRA The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Phatuel.

YLT A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:

DBY The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

RV The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

WBS The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

KJB-1769 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 JOEL book available

BB The worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel.
(The word of the Lord that came to Yoel the son of Pethuel.)

GNV The worde of the Lord that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel.
(The word of the Lord that came to Yoel the son of Pethuel. )

CB This is the worde of the LORDE, that came vnto Ioel the sonne of Phatuel:
(This is the word of the LORD, that came unto Yoel the son of Phatuel:)

WYC The word of the Lord is this, that was maad to Joel, the sone of Phatuel.
(The word of the Lord is this, that was made to Yoel, the son of Phatuel.)

LUT Dies ist das Wort des HErrn, das geschehen ist zu Joel, dem Sohn Pethuels:
(This/These is the Wort the LORD, the geschehen is to Yoel, to_him son Pethuels:)

CLV Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Joël, filium Phatuel.
(Verbum Master, that factum it_is to Yoël, filium Phatuel. )

BRN The word of the Lord which came to Joel the son of Bathuel.

BrLXX ΛΟΓΟΣ Κυρίου ὃς ἐγενήθη πρὸς Ἰωὴλ τὸν τοῦ Βαθουήλ.
(LOGOS Kuriou hos egenaʸthaʸ pros Yōaʸl ton tou Bathouaʸl. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

God speaks through Joel to the people of Israel using poetry.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

דְּבַר־יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָ֔ה אֶל־יוֹאֵ֖ל

word/matter_of YHWH which/who it_became to/towards Yō\sup_ʼēl\sup*

This idiom is used to announce that God gave messages to Joel. Alternate translation: “the message Yahweh gave to Joel” or “the message Yahweh spoke to Joel”

יְהוָה֙

YHWH

This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

פְּתוּאֵֽל

Pethuel

Joel’s father

Parallel JOEL 1:1

General Information: