⇔ because Yahweh’s day is near in the valley of decision.
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB MSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV SLT Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Parallel Simple Interlinear Topics Reference Dictionary Search
ParallelVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT ESA WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Joel 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21
Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for Bible-translators and others doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.
OET (OET-RV) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision,
⇔ because Yahweh’s day is near in the valley of decision.
OET-LV No OET-LV JOEL 3:14 verse available
UHB 4:14 הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶֽחָר֑וּץ כִּ֤י קָרוֹב֙ י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶחָרֽוּץ׃ ‡
(4:14 hₐmōnim hₐmōnim bəˊēmeq heḩārūʦ kiy qārōⱱ yōm yhwh bəˊēmeq heḩārūʦ.)
Key: .
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 No BrLXX JOEL 3:14 verse available
BrTr No BrTr JOEL 3:14 verse available
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 (4-14) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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 ye 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 finall judgement: for the day of the Lord is at hand in the valley of finall 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 kitting down; for the day of the Lord is nigh/near in the valley of kitting down.)
Luth No Luth JOEL 3:14 verse available
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.)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
הֲמוֹנִ֣ים הֲמוֹנִ֔ים בְּעֵ֖מֶק הֶֽחָר֑וּץ & בְּעֵ֖מֶק
(hₐmōnim hₐmōnim bəˊēmeq heḩārūʦ & bəˊēmeq)
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
(hₐmōnim hₐmōnim bəˊēmeq heḩārūʦ & bəˊēmeq)
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
(bəˊēmeq heḩārūʦ & bəˊēmeq)
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]
Open Bible Data site copyright © 2023–2026 Freely-Given.org.
Python source code for creating these static pages is available on GitHub under an open licence.
For Bible data copyrights, see the details for each displayed Bible version.
The Open English Translation (OET) main site is at OpenEnglishTranslation.Bible or OET.Bible.