Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Topics Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
parallelVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Joel 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.
Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)
OET-LV With_sound of_chariots over the_tops the_mountains leap like_crackling of_a_flame of_fire [which]_consumes stubble like_army mighty deployed of_battle.
UHB כְּק֣וֹל מַרְכָּב֗וֹת עַל־רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן כְּקוֹל֙ לַ֣הַב אֵ֔שׁ אֹכְלָ֖ה קָ֑שׁ כְּעַ֣ם עָצ֔וּם עֱר֖וּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה׃ ‡
(kəqōl markāⱱōt ˊal-rāʼshēy hehārīm yəraqqēdūn kəqōl lahaⱱ ʼēsh ʼoklāh qāsh kəˊam ˊāʦūm ˊₑrūk milḩāmāh.)
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 Ὡς φωνὴ ἁρμάτων ἐπὶ τὰς κορυφὰς τῶν ὀρέων ἐξαλοῦνται, καὶ ὡς φωνὴ φλογὸς πυρὸς κατεσθιούσης καλάμην, καὶ ὡς λαὸς πολὺς καὶ ἰσχυρὸς παρατασσόμενος εἰς πόλεμον.
(Hōs fōnaʸ harmatōn epi tas korufas tōn oreōn exalountai, kai hōs fōnaʸ flogos puros katesthiousaʸs kalamaʸn, kai hōs laos polus kai isⱪuros paratassomenos eis polemon. )
BrTr As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and strong people setting themselves in array for battle.
ULT With a noise like that of chariots they jump on the tops of the mountains,
⇔ like the noise of fiery flames that devour the stubble,
⇔ like a mighty army ready for battle.
UST Leaping over the mountaintops,
⇔ they make a noise like rumbling chariots,
⇔ like a mighty army that is preparing for a battle,
⇔ or like the roar of a fire that burns up stubble in a field.
BSB With a sound like that of chariots
⇔ they bound over the mountaintops,
⇔ like the crackling of fire consuming stubble,
⇔ like a mighty army deployed for battle.
OEB Like the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap,
⇔ like the crackle of flames devouring stubble,
⇔ like a mighty people preparing for battle.
WEBBE Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap,
⇔ like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble,
⇔ like a strong people set in battle array.
WMBB (Same as above)
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 sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops,
⇔ like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble,
⇔ like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
LSV As the noise of chariots, they skip on the tops of the mountains,
As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble,
As a mighty people set in array for battle.
FBV Listen to the sound: they are like rumbling chariots leaping over the mountain tops, they are like crackling flames burning stubble, they are like a mighty army marching in formation into battle.
T4T Leaping over the mountaintops,
⇔ they make a noise like rumbling chariots,
⇔ like [SIM] a mighty army that is preparing for a battle,
⇔ or like [SIM] the roar of a fire that burns up stubble in a field.
LEB • the sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap about; like the sound of a flame of fire • devouring stubble; • like a strong army arranged • in rows for battle.
BBE Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.
Moff No Moff JOEL book available
JPS Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a mighty people set in battle array.
ASV Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
DRA They shall leap like the noise of chariots upon the tops of mountains, like the noise of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, as a strong people prepared to battle.
YLT As the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they skip, As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble, As a mighty people set in array for battle.
Drby Like the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains, they leap; like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
RV Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Wbstr Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
KJB-1769 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
KJB-1611 Like the noise of charets on the tops of mountaines shall they leape, like the noise of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, as a strong people, set in battell aray.
(Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leape, like the noise of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, as a strong people, set in battle array.)
Bshps Lyke the noyse of charrettes vpon the toppes of the mountaynes they shall skip, like the noyse of a flamyng fire deuouryng the stubble, and as a strong people prepared to battayle.
(Lyke the noise of charrettes upon the tops of the mountains they shall skip, like the noise of a flamyng fire deuouryng the stubble, and as a strong people prepared to battayle.)
Gnva Like the noyse of charrets in the toppes of the mountaines shall they leape, like the noyse of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, and as a mightie people prepared to the battel.
(Like the noise of charrets in the tops of the mountains shall they leape, like the noise of a flame of fire that deuoureth the stubble, and as a mighty people prepared to the battle. )
Cvdl They skyppe vp vpon ye hilles, as it were the sounde of charettes: as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe, and as a mightie people redy to the batell.
(They skyppe up upon ye/you_all hills, as it were the sound of chariots: as the flame of fire that consumeth the strawe, and as a mighty people redy to the battlel.)
Wycl As the sown of cartis on the heedis of hillis thei schulen skippe; as the sowne of the flawme of fier deuourynge stobil, as a strong puple maad redi to batel.
(As the sown of cartis on the heads of hills they should skippe; as the sowne of the flawme of fire deuourynge stobil, as a strong people made ready to battle.)
Luth Sie sprengen daher oben auf den Bergen, wie die Wagen rasseln, und wie eine Flamme lodert im Stroh, wie ein mächtig Volk, das zum Streit gerüstet ist.
(They/She sprengen daher above on the Bergen, like the Wagen rasseln, and like one Flamme lodert in_the Stroh, like a mächtig people, the for_the battle gerüstet is.)
ClVg Sicut sonitus quadrigarum super capita montium exilient, sicut sonitus flammæ ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis præparatus ad prælium.
(Sicut sonitus quadrigarum over capita montium exilient, like sonitus flammæ ignis devorantis stipulam, velut populus fortis præparatus to battle. )
2:1-11 Some regard this section as a second account of the locust plague described in ch 1, but in ch 1, the plague is in the past, whereas in this section, the verb tenses seem to depict it as a future event. Thus, others see it as a warning of yet another locust plague. Still other commentators have understood this passage as an apocalyptic description of the coming day of the Lord, using the language of a locust plague to describe an invading human army.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּק֣וֹל מַרְכָּב֗וֹת עַל רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽהָרִים֙ יְרַקֵּד֔וּן
with,sound chariots on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in tops the,mountains leap,
The point of this comparison is that just as chariots make a loud, rumbling noise, so the locusts make a loud noise as they move across the land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “Making a loud sound like that of chariots, they leap on the tops of the hills”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּקוֹל֙ לַ֣הַב אֵ֔שׁ אֹכְלָ֖ה קָ֑שׁ
like,crackling flame fire consuming stubble
The point of this comparison is that just as a fire makes a crackling sound as it quickly consumes dry stubble, so the locusts make a similar sound as they quickly consume the vegetation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “making a crackling sound like a flame of fire devouring stubble”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כְּעַ֣ם עָצ֔וּם עֱר֖וּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה
like,army mighty drawn_up battle
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: “like a mighty people who have arrayed themselves for war”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כְּעַ֣ם עָצ֔וּם עֱר֖וּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה
like,army mighty drawn_up battle
Joel is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “like the sound of a mighty people arrayed for war”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּעַ֣ם עָצ֔וּם עֱר֖וּךְ מִלְחָמָֽה
like,army mighty drawn_up battle
The point of this comparison is that just as a mighty army gives a loud shout once it is arrayed for war, so the locusts are making a loud and terrifying noise. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “making a loud, terrifying sound as a mighty people does when it is arrayed for war”