Parallel JOEL 2:2

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BSB 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.

WEB 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.

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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 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[fn]

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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.

MOF No MOF JOEL book available

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.

DBY 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.

WBS 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 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 any more after it, even to the years of many generations.)

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BB 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 darke and glomie day, a cloudie and blacke 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 herafter forevermore.)

GNV 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 blacknesse, a day of clouds, and obscuritie, 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 any more after it, unto the years of many generations. )

CB 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 gloomynge day, a cloudy day, ye/you_all and a stormy day, like as the morning spredeth out upo the hilles: Namely, a great and mighty people: such as have not been sens ye/you_all beginning, neither shall be after them forevermore.)

WYC 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 niy, the day of cloud and of whirlewynde. As the morning spread abrood on hillis, a much people and strong. Noon was like it from the beginning, and after it shall not be, til in to yearis of generation and of generation.)

LUT 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.
  (Ein finstrer Tag, a dunkler Tag, a wolkiger Tag, a nebliger Tag, gleichwie itself/yourself/themselves the Morgenröte ausbreitet above the Berge, namely a large and mächtig people desgleichen vorhin not been is and hinfort not his becomes to ewigen Zeiten for and für.)

CLV 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 tenebrarum and caliginis, dies nubis and turbinis; as_if mane expansum over montes populus multus and fortis: similis to_him not/no fuit a principio, and after him not/no will_be usque in years generationis and generationis. )

BRN 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.

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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.
  (haʸmera skotous kai gnofou, haʸmera nefelaʸs kai homiⱪlaʸs; hōs orthros ⱪuthaʸsetai epi ta oraʸ laos polus kai isⱪuros, homoios autōi ou gegonen apo tou aiōnos, kai metʼ auton ou prostethaʸsetai heōs etōn eis geneas geneōn. )