JOEL 3:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ “Let the nations rouse themselves
⇔ and come to Yehoshafat’s valley,
⇔ because I’ll sit there to judge all the surrounding nations.

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).

ULT “Let the nations rouse themselves
⇔ and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
⇔ for there will I sit to judge
⇔ all of the surrounding nations.

UST Yahweh says, “The people in the nations near Judah must get ready and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
⇔ There I will sit as a judge, and I will punish them.

BSB Let the nations be roused and advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit down to judge all the nations on every side.
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OEB ⇔ Let the nations rouse themselves
⇔ and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
⇔ for there will I sit to judge
⇔ all the surrounding nations.

WEBBE “Let the nations arouse themselves,
⇔ and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
⇔ for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Let the nations be roused and let them go up
⇔ to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
⇔ for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.

LSV “Let the nations wake and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

FBV Let the nations get ready, let them come to the valley of Jehoshaphat for there I will sit in judgment on all the nations.

T4T ⇔ The people in the nations near Judah must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment.
⇔ There Yahweh will sit and judge and punish them.

LEB No LEB JOEL book available

BBE Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about.

Moff No Moff JOEL book available

JPS (4-12) Let the nations be stirred up, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

ASV Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

DRA Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.

YLT Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

Drby Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

RV Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

SLT The nations shall be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will sit to judge all the nations from round about.

Wbstr Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen on every side.

KJB-1769 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

KJB-1611 Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOEL book available

Gnva Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.
(Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Yehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOEL book available

Wycl No Wycl JOEL book available

Luth No Luth JOEL book available

ClVg Consurgant, et ascendant gentes in vallem Josaphat, quia ibi sedebo ut judicem omnes gentes in circuitu.
(Consurgant, and let_them_go_up people/nations in/into/on the_valley Yosaphat, because there I_will_sit as yudicem everyone people/nations in/into/on around. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOEL book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

יֵע֨וֹרוּ֙ & הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֔ם

(yēˊōrū & ha⁠ggōyim)

Most versions treat verses 12 and 13 as a direct quotation of Yahweh, but some do not. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to follow the quotation boundaries that it has. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the same boundaries as the ULT.

Note 2 topic: translate-transliterate

עֵ֖מֶק יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֑ט

(ˊēmeq yəhōshāfāţ)

See how you translated this name in [3:2](../03/02.md).

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

אֵשֵׁ֛ב לִ⁠שְׁפֹּ֥ט

(ʼēshēⱱ li⁠shəpoţ)

To sit to judge means to sit down as a symbolic action that represents taking an official position of authority to make judgments. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [I will take my place as judge]

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