JOEL 3:3 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ.
(Kai dōsō terata en ouranōi, kai epi taʸs gaʸs haima kai pur kai atmida kapnou. )

BrTr And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

ULT They cast lots for my people,
⇔ traded a boy for a prostitute,
⇔ and sold a girl for wine
⇔ so they could drink.

UST They played games of chance to determine who would get each of my people.
⇔ Then they sold some of the Israelite boys and girls
⇔ to get money to pay for prostitutes and wine to drink.

BSB They cast lots for My people;
⇔ they bartered a boy for a prostitute
⇔ and sold a girl for wine to drink.

OEB They have cast lots for my people.
⇔ They have traded boys
⇔ for prostitutes,
⇔ and sold girls for wine,
⇔ and drunk it.

WEBBE and have cast lots for my people,
⇔ and have given a boy for a prostitute,
⇔ and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-3)“In those days, yes, at that very time
  when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem,
I’ll assemble all the godless nations.
  I’ll lead them down into Judgment Valley
And put them all on trial, and judge them one and all
  because of their treatment of my own people Israel.
They scattered my people all over the pagan world
  and grabbed my land for themselves.
They threw dice for my people
  and used them for barter.
They would trade a boy for a whore,
  sell a girl for a bottle of wine when they wanted a drink.
    * * *

NET and they cast lots for my people.
⇔ They traded a boy for a prostitute;
⇔ they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

LSV And for My people they cast a lot,
And they give the young man for a harlot,
And have sold the young woman for wine,
That they may drink.

FBV They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.[fn]

3:3 The point being made here is the casual way the victims were treated, and how little they were valued: being traded to buy a prostitute's services or some wine to drink.

T4T and they ◄threw marked stones/cast lots► to determine who would get each of my people.
⇔ Then they sold some of the Israeli boys and girls
⇔ to get money to pay for prostitutes and wine to drink.

LEB For my people they cast lots,[fn] and they traded[fn] the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank it.

3:3 Hebrew “lot”

3:3 Literally “gave”

BBE And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.

Moff No Moff JOEL book available

JPS (4-3) And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

ASV and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

DRA And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.

YLT And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

Drby and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].

RV and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Wbstr And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

KJB-1769 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

KJB-1611 And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.
(And they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girle for wine, that they might drink.)

Bshps And thei haue cast lottes for my people, and chaunged the boy for an harlot, and solde the gyrle for wine, that they might drynke.
(And they have cast lottes for my people, and chaunged the boy for an harlot, and sold the gyrle for wine, that they might drink.)

Gnva And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.
(And they have cast lottes for my people, and have given the child for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drink. )

Cvdl yee they haue cast lottes for my people, the yonge me haue they set in the brodel house, & solde the Damsels for wyne, yt they might haue to drike.
(yee they have cast lottes for my people, the young me have they set in the brodel house, and sold the Damsels for wine, it they might have to drike.)

Wycl and thei settiden a knaue child in the bordel hous, and seelden a damesel for wyn, that thei schulden drynke.
(and they settiden a knaue child in the bordel house, and seelden a damesel for wine, that they should drink.)

Luth und will Wunderzeichen geben im Himmel und auf Erden, nämlich Blut, Feuer und Rauchdampf.
(and will Wunderzeichen give in_the heaven and on earthn, namely blood, fire and Rauchdampf.)

ClVg Et super populum meum miserunt sortem; et posuerunt puerum in prostibulo, et puellam vendiderunt pro vino ut biberent.
(And over the_people mine miserunt sortem; and they_put puerum in prostibulo, and puellam vendiderunt for vino as biberent. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

גוֹרָ֑ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,show wonders in/on/at/with,heavens and,in/on/at/with,earth blood and,fire and,columns_of smoke )

Yahweh is not referring to a specific lot. He means “lots” in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “lots”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וַ⁠יִּתְּנ֤וּ הַ⁠יֶּ֨לֶד֙ בַּ⁠זּוֹנָ֔ה וְ⁠הַ⁠יַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,show wonders in/on/at/with,heavens and,in/on/at/with,earth blood and,fire and,columns_of smoke )

The words a boy, a prostitute, and a girl represent these people in general, not one particular boy or prostitute or girl. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “and they traded boys for prostitutes, and they sold girls”

Parallel JOEL 3:3