JOEL 3:21 Parallel Verse View

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_C3.htm#C3V21">4:21 Note: KJB: Yō^ʼēl/(Joel).3.21

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 (JOL 4:21) Καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθωώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σιών.
(Kai ekzaʸtaʸsō to haima autōn, kai ou maʸ athōōsō, kai Kurios kataskaʸnōsei en Siōn.)

BrTr (JOL 4:21) And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion.

ULT And I will acquit their blood, that I have not acquitted,
⇔ for Yahweh, is dwelling in Zion.”

UST I, Yahweh, live on Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
⇔ and I will not punish people further for killing my people, for which I previously punished them.”

BSB & MSB For I will avenge their blood,
⇔ which I have not yet avenged.[fn]” For the LORD dwells in Zion.

3:21 Or For I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not yet pardoned.

OEB I will avenge their blood which I have not yet avenged.
⇔ The Lord lives in Zion!

WEBBE & WMBB I will cleanse their blood
⇔ that I have not cleansed,
⇔ for the LORD dwells in Zion.”

NET I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted.
¶ It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!

LSV And I have declared their blood innocent,
[That] I did not declare innocent,
And YHWH is dwelling in Zion!”

FBV Will I pardon and leave unpunished the shedding of innocent blood? The Lord lives in Zion!”

T4T I, Yahweh, live on Zion Hill in Jerusalem,
⇔ and I will get revenge on the people of Egypt and Edom who killed [MTY] many of my people.”

LEB • I will cleanse their bloodguilt[fn] that I did not cleanse ,[fn]
• for Yahweh is dwelling in Zion.

3:8 Literally “I will not leave unpunished their blood”

3:8 Or “I did not consider innocent”

BBE And I will send punishment for their blood, for which punishment has not been sent, for the Lord is living in Zion.

Moff (JOL 3:21a) for the innocent blood shed in their land,
⇔ blood that I avenge at last;

Moff (JOL 3:21b) and evermore the Eternal dwells in Sion.

JPS No JPS JOL 4:21 verse available

ASV And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

DRA And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

YLT And I have declared their blood innocent, [That] I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!

Drby And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

RV And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
(And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth/dwells in Zion.)

SLT And I cleansed their blood I cleansed not: and Jehovah dwelt in Zion.

Wbstr For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

KJB-1769 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.[fn]
(For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth/dwells in Zion.)

3.21 for the…: or, even I the LORD that

KJB-1611 [fn]For I wil cleanse their blood, that I haue not cleansed, for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

3:21 Or, Euen I the LORD that dwelleth in Zion.

Bshps I wil also clense the blood of them that I haue not clensed, and the Lord dwelleth in Sion.
(I will also cleanse the blood of them that I have not cleansed, and the Lord dwelleth/dwells in Zion.)

Gnva For I will clense their blood, that I haue not clensed, and the Lord will dwell in Zion.
(For I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed, and the Lord will dwell in Zion.)

Cvdl for I wil not leaue their bloude vnauenged. And the LORDE shal dwell in Sion.
(for I will not leave their blood unavenged. And the LORD shall dwell in Zion.)

Wycl And Y schal clense the blood of hem, which Y hadde not clensid; and the Lord schal dwelle in Syon.
(And I shall cleanse the blood of them, which I had not cleansed; and the Lord shall dwell in Zion.)

Luth (JOL 4:21) Und ich will ihr Blut nicht ungerächt lassen. Und der HErr wird wohnen zu Zion.
(And I will you(pl)/their/her blood not unavenged let. And the/of_the LORD becomes live/reside to/for Zion.)

ClVg Et mundabo sanguinem eorum, quem non mundaveram; et Dominus commorabitur in Sion.]
(And I_will_clean blood their, which not/no I_had_cleaned; and Master will_stay in/into/on Sion.])

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants

וְ⁠נִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣⁠ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_leave_unpunished blood_of,their not pardoned and=YHWH dwells in,Zion )

See the discussion in the introduction to this chapter of an alternate reading for this phrase. Alternate translation: [And I will avenge their blood that I have not avenged]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּמָ֣⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_leave_unpunished blood_of,their not pardoned and=YHWH dwells in,Zion )

Yahweh is using the term blood to mean the deaths of people, by association with the loss of blood that usually occurs when people die violently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their deaths]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

וַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּ⁠צִיּֽוֹן

and=YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_leave_unpunished blood_of,their not pardoned and=YHWH dwells in,Zion )

Some versions do not treat this clause as part of the direct quotation of Yahweh in [3:17–21](../03/17.md). 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 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

וַֽ⁠יהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּ⁠צִיּֽוֹן

and=YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_leave_unpunished blood_of,their not pardoned and=YHWH dwells in,Zion )

Yahweh is speaking about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [for I am dwelling in Zion]

Parallel JOEL 3:21