JOEL 1:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐσκίρτησαν δαμάλεις ἐπὶ ταῖς φάτναις αὐτῶν, ἠφανίσθησαν θησαυροὶ, κατεσκάφησαν ληνοὶ, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη σῖτος.
(Eskirtaʸsan damaleis epi tais fatnais autōn, aʸfanisthaʸsan thaʸsauroi, kateskafaʸsan laʸnoi, hoti exaʸranthaʸ sitos. )

BrTr The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine-presses are broken down; for the corn is withered.

ULT The seeds shrivel under their clods,
⇔ the storehouses are desolate,
⇔ and the granaries have been broken down,
⇔ because the grain has dried up.

UST When we plant seeds, they do not grow;
⇔ they dry up in the ground,
⇔ so there are no crops to harvest.
⇔ Our barns are empty;
⇔ there is no grain to store in them.

BSB The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods;
⇔ the storehouses are in ruins;
⇔ the granaries are broken down,
⇔ for the grain has withered away.

OEB The grains shrivel under their hoes,
⇔ the storehouses are desolate,
⇔ the barns broken down,
⇔ for the corn is withered.

WEBBE The seeds rot under their clods.
⇔ The granaries are laid desolate.
⇔ The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels.
⇔ Storehouses have been decimated
⇔ and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up.

LSV Scattered things have rotted under their clods,
Storehouses have been desolated,
Granaries have been broken down,
For the grain has withered.

FBV Seeds planted in the ground shrivel up; the storehouses are empty, the barns are torn down because the grain has dried up.[fn]

1:17 The Hebrew in this verse is obscure. The Greek Septuagint for the first part of the verse reads “the heifers leap at their mangers.”

T4T When we plant seeds, they do not grow;
⇔ they dry up in the ground,
⇔ so there are no crops to harvest.
⇔ Our barns/storehouses are empty;
⇔ there is no grain to store in them.

LEB • the storehouses are desolate. • The grain storage places are destroyed • because grain has dried out.

BBE The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

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JPS The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

ASV The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

DRA The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.

YLT Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

Drby The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

RV The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Wbstr The seed hath perished under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

KJB-1769 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.[fn]

1.17 seed: Heb. grains

KJB-1611 The [fn]seede is rotten vnder their clods: the garners are laide desolate: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.
(The seed is rotten under their clods: the garners are laid desolate: the barnes are broken down, for the corn is withered.)

1:17 Heb. grains

Bshps The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered.
(The seed is rotte under their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are overthrown: for the corn is withered.)

Gnva The seede is rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.
(The seed is rotten under their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken down, for the corn is withered. )

Cvdl The sede shal perish in the grounde, the garners shall lye waist, the floores shalbe broken downe, for the corne shalbe destroied.
(The seed shall perish in the ground, the garners shall lye waist, the floores shall be broken down, for the corn shall be destroyed.)

Wycl Beestis wexen rotun in her drit. Bernes ben distried, celeris ben distried, for wheete is schent.
(Beestis wexen rotun in her drit. Bernes been distried, celeris been distried, for wheat is schent.)

Luth Der Same ist unter der Erde verfaulet, die Kornhäuser stehen wüst, die Scheunen zerfallen; denn das Getreide ist verdorben.
(The Same is under the/of_the earth verfaulet, the Kornhäuser stehen wüst, the Scheunen zerfallen; because the grain is verdorben.)

ClVg Computruerunt jumenta in stercore suo, demolita sunt horrea, dissipatæ sunt apothecæ, quoniam confusum est triticum.
(Computruerunt yumenta in stercore suo, demolita are horrea, dissipatæ are apothecæ, quoniam confusum it_is triticum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת

broken_down granaries

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “the granaries have broken down”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן

dried_up grain

Joel is speaking of grain as if it were a liquid that had dried up. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the grain has disappeared as if it had evaporated” or “the supply of grain has run out”

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