JOEL 1:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Hear this, you elders,
⇔ ≈and listen, all you people that live in this country.
⇔ Has this sort of thing ever happened in your lifetime
⇔ ≈or in the days of your ancestors?

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Ἀκούσατε ταῦτα, οἱ πρεσβύτεροι, καὶ ἑνωτίσασθε, πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν γῆν. εἰ γέγονεν τοιαῦτα ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἡμῶν, ἢ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν;
(Akousate tauta, hoi presbuteroi, kai henōtisasthe, pantes hoi katoikountes taʸn gaʸn. ei gegonen toiauta en tais haʸmerais haʸmōn, aʸ en tais haʸmerais tōn paterōn humōn; )

BrTr Hear these words, ye elders, and hearken all ye that inhabit the land. [fn]Have such things happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

ULT Hear this, you elders,
⇔ and listen, all of the dwellers of the land!
⇔ Has this been in your days
⇔ or in the days of your fathers?

UST You leaders of Israel, and everyone else who lives in this country, listen to this message!
⇔ Nothing like this has ever happened during the time that we have lived
⇔ or during the time when our ancestors lived.

BSB Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
⇔ 
⇔ 

MSB Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB Hear this, elders,
⇔ pay attention, all inhabitants of the land.
⇔ Has anything like this happened in your days,
⇔ or in the days of your ancestors?

WEBBE Hear this, you elders,
⇔ and listen, all you inhabitants of the land!
⇔ Has this ever happened in your days,
⇔ or in the days of your fathers?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Listen to this, you elders;
⇔ pay attention, all inhabitants of the land.
⇔ Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life
⇔ or in the lifetime of your ancestors?

LSV Hear this, you aged ones,
And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land,
Has this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

FBV Listen to this, elders; pay attention, everyone who lives in the land. Has anything ever happened like this before in your experience, or that of your forefathers?

T4T You leaders of Israel, and everyone else who lives in this country, listen to this message!
⇔ Nothing [RHQ] like this has ever happened during the time that we have lived
⇔ or the time when our ancestors lived.

LEB No LEB JOEL book available

BBE Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

Moff No Moff JOEL book available

JPS Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

ASV Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

DRA Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land: did this ever happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

YLT Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

Drby Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

RV Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
(Hear this, ye/you_all old men, and give ear, all ye/you_all inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? )

SLT Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the earth. Was this in your days, and if in the days of your fathers?

Wbstr Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

KJB-1769 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
(Hear this, ye/you_all old men, and give ear, all ye/you_all inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? )

KJB-1611 Heare this, yee olde men, and giue eare, all yee inhabitants of the lande: Hath this been in your dayes, or euen in the dayes of your fathers?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JOEL book available

Gnva Heare ye this, O Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitantes of the land, whether such a thing hath bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers.
(Hear ye/you_all this, Oh Elders, and hearken ye/you_all all inhabitants of the land, whether such a thing hath/has been in your days, or yet in the days of your fathers. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOEL book available

Wycl No Wycl JOEL book available

Luth No Luth JOEL book available

ClVg [Audite hoc, senes, et auribus percipite, omnes habitatores terræ: si factum est istud in diebus vestris, aut in diebus patrum vestrorum?
([Listen hoc, old_people, and in_the_ears percipite, everyone the_inhabitants of_the_earth/land: when/but_if done it_is this in/into/on days yours, or in/into/on days of_the_fathers of_yours? )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOEL book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

שִׁמְעוּ־זֹאת֙ הַ⁠זְּקֵנִ֔ים וְ⁠הַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּ כֹּ֖ל יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

hear this(f) the,elders and,listen all inhabitants_of the=earth/land

See the discussion in the General Introduction to Joel of how Hebrew poetry consisted of paired phrases that meant basically the same thing. Decide as a translation team how you will represent this poetry in your translation throughout the book of Joel. Alternate translation: [Hear this, you elders! Yes, listen, all of the dwellers of the land!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֶ⁠הָ֤יְתָה זֹּאת֙ בִּֽ⁠ימֵי⁠כֶ֔ם וְ⁠אִ֖ם בִּ⁠ימֵ֥י אֲבֹֽתֵי⁠כֶֽם

the,happened this in/on/at/with,days_of,your_all's and=if in/on/at/with,days_of ancestors_of,your_all's

Joel is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [This has not happened in your days or in the days of your fathers!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בִּֽ⁠ימֵי⁠כֶ֔ם וְ⁠אִ֖ם בִּ⁠ימֵ֥י

in/on/at/with,days_of,your_all's and=if in/on/at/with,days_of

Joel is using the term days to mean a period of time by association with the way days make up longer periods of time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your time or in the time of]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲבֹֽתֵי⁠כֶֽם

ancestors_of,your_all's

Joel is not referring to the literal fathers of the Israelites whom he is addressing. He is using that term to mean their ancestors. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your ancestors]

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