JOEL 3:14 Parallel Verse View

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_C3.htm#C3V14">4:14 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.14

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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 (JOL 4:14) Ἦχοι ἐξήχησαν ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆς δίκης, ὅτι ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Κυρίου ἐν τῇ κοιλάδι τῆς δίκης.
(Aʸⱪoi exaʸⱪaʸsan en taʸ koiladi taʸs dikaʸs, hoti engus haʸmera Kuriou en taʸ koiladi taʸs dikaʸs.)

BrTr (JOL 4:14) Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.

ULT Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision,
⇔ for the day of Yahweh, is near in the valley of decision!

UST There will be huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment.
⇔ It will soon be the time that Yahweh will punish them in that Valley of Judgment.

BSB & MSB Multitudes, multitudes
⇔ in the valley of decision!
⇔ For the Day of the LORD is near
⇔ in the valley of decision.

OEB Noisy multitudes, noisy multitudes
⇔ in the valley of decision.
⇔ For near is the Lord’s day in the valley of decision!

WEBBE & WMBB Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
⇔ For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

NET Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision,
⇔ for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision!

LSV Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the Valley of Decision,
For near [is] the Day of YHWH in the Valley of Decision.

FBV Huge mobs are in the valley of the Lord's verdict.[fn] For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of his verdict.

3:14 The usual translation “in the valley of decision” suggests that these “multitudes” still are making their decision. However, this decision is that of God, and is the execution of that decision—in other words the verdict or sentence.

T4T ⇔ There will be huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment.
⇔ It will soon be the time that Yahweh will punish them.

LEB • Commotion, commotion
• in the valley of decision!
• For the day of Yahweh is near
• in the valley of decision!

BBE Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Moff ⇔ What a din of hordes, what a din
⇔ within the valley of the Verdict!
⇔ For the Eternal’s day is near,
⇔ within the valley of the Verdict.

JPS No JPS JOL 4:14 verse available

ASV Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

DRA Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.

YLT Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the valley of decision, For near [is] the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

Drby Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Jehovah is at hand in the valley of decision.

RV Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

SLT Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of judgment: for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of judgment.

Wbstr Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

KJB-1769 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.[fn]

3.14 decision: or, concision, or, threshing

KJB-1611 [fn]Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for y^e day of the LORD is neere in the valley of decision.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:14 Or, concision, or threshing.

Bshps O people, people come into the valley of finall iudgement: for the day of the Lorde is at hande in the valley of finall iudgement.
(Oh people, people come into the valley of final judgement: for the day of the Lord is at hand in the valley of final judgement.)

Gnva O multitude, O multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lord is neere in the valley of threshing.
(Oh multitude, Oh multitude, come into the valley of threshing: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of threshing.)

Cvdl In the valley appoynted, there shalbe many, many people: for the daye of the LORDE is nye in ye valley appoynted.
(In the valley appointed, there shall be many, many people: for the day of the LORD is nigh/near in ye/you_all valley appointed.)

Wycl Puplis, puplis in the valei of kittyng doun; for the dai of the Lord is nyy in the valei of kittyng doun.
(Peoples, peoples in the valley of cutting down; for the day of the Lord is nigh/near in the valley of cutting down.)

Luth (JOL 4:14) Es werden hie und da Haufen Volks sein im Tal des Urteils; denn des HErr’s Tag ist nahe im Tal des Urteils.
(It become here and there heap/pile(n) peoples be in_the valley the verdicts; because/than the LORD’s day is near in_the valley the verdicts.)

ClVg Populi, populi, in valle concisionis, quia juxta est dies Domini in valle concisionis.
(Peoples, of_the_people, in/into/on valley truncation, because next_to it_is days Master in/into/on valley truncation.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק הֶֽ⁠חָר֑וּץ & בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק

multitudes multitudes (Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )

Joel is repeating the word multitudes in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [Vast multitudes in the valley of decision]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק הֶֽ⁠חָר֑וּץ & בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק

multitudes multitudes (Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )

Joel is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [Multitudes, multitudes are in the valley of decision]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק הֶֽ⁠חָר֑וּץ & בְּ⁠עֵ֖מֶק

(Some words not found in UHB: multitudes multitudes [are]_in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision that/for/because/then/when near day YHWH in,the_valley_of of_(the),decision )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of decision, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in the valley where I will decide their fate]

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