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World English Bible

Joel 1 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
[4] What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.
[5] Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.
[6] For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
[7] He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.
[8] Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
[9] The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
[10] The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
[11] Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
[12] The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
[13] Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.
[14] Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.
[15] Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
[16] Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
[17] The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
[18] How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
[19] Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.
[20] Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Joel 1:13 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Joel 1 (KJVS)

[1] The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
[2] Hear () this, ye old men, and give ear, () all ye inhabitants () of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
[3] Tell () ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
[4] That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; () and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; () and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. ()
[5] Awake, () ye drunkards, and weep; () and howl, () all ye drinkers () of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off () from your mouth.
[6] For a nation is come up () upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
[7] He hath laid () my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean () bare, () and cast it away; () the branches thereof are made white. ()
[8] Lament () like a virgin girded () with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
[9] The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off () from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, () mourn. ()
[10] The field is wasted, () the land mourneth; () for the corn is wasted: () the new wine is dried up, () the oil languisheth. ()
[11] Be ye ashamed, () O ye husbandmen; howl, () O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. ()
[12] The vine is dried up, () and the fig tree languisheth; () the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: () because joy is withered away () from the sons of men.
[13] Gird () yourselves, and lament, () ye priests: howl, () ye ministers () of the altar: come, () lie all night () in sackcloth, ye ministers () of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden () from the house of your God.
[14] Sanctify () ye a fast, call () a solemn assembly, gather () the elders and all the inhabitants () of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry () unto the Lord,
[15] Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. ()
[16] Is not the meat cut off () before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
[17] The seed is rotten () under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, () the barns are broken down; () for the corn is withered. ()
[18] How do the beasts groan! () the herds of cattle are perplexed, () because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. ()
[19] O Lord, to thee will I cry: () for the fire hath devoured () the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned () all the trees of the field.
[20] The beasts of the field cry () also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, () and the fire hath devoured () the pastures of the wilderness.

Joel 1:4 Heb. The residue of the palmerworm
Joel 1:7 Heb. laid my fig tree for a barking
Joel 1:10 Or, ashamed
Joel 1:14 Or, day of restrain
Joel 1:17 Heb. grains
Joel 1:19 Or, habitations

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Joel 1 (BYZ)

[1] λογος κυριου ος εγενηθη προς ιωηλ τον του βαθουηλ
[2] ακουσατε δη ταυτα οι πρεσβυτεροι και ενωτισασθε παντες οι κατοικουντες την γην ει γεγονεν τοιαυτα εν ταις ημεραις υμων η εν ταις ημεραις των πατερων υμων
[3] υπερ αυτων τοις τεκνοις υμων διηγησασθε και τα τεκνα υμων τοις τεκνοις αυτων και τα τεκνα αυτων εις γενεαν ετεραν
[4] τα καταλοιπα της καμπης κατεφαγεν η ακρις και τα καταλοιπα της ακριδος κατεφαγεν ο βρουχος και τα καταλοιπα του βρουχου κατεφαγεν η ερυσιβη
[5] εκνηψατε οι μεθυοντες εξ οινου αυτων και κλαυσατε θρηνησατε παντες οι πινοντες οινον εις μεθην οτι εξηρται εκ στοματος υμων ευφροσυνη και χαρα
[6] οτι εθνος ανεβη επι την γην μου ισχυρον και αναριθμητον οι οδοντες αυτου οδοντες λεοντος και αι μυλαι αυτου σκυμνου
[7] εθετο την αμπελον μου εις αφανισμον και τας συκας μου εις συγκλασμον ερευνων εξηρευνησεν αυτην και ερριψεν ελευκανεν κληματα αυτης
[8] θρηνησον προς με υπερ νυμφην περιεζωσμενην σακκον επι τον ανδρα αυτης τον παρθενικον
[9] εξηρται θυσια και σπονδη εξ οικου κυριου πενθειτε οι ιερεις οι λειτουργουντες θυσιαστηριω
[10] οτι τεταλαιπωρηκεν τα πεδια πενθειτω η γη οτι τεταλαιπωρηκεν σιτος εξηρανθη οινος ωλιγωθη ελαιον
[11] εξηρανθησαν οι γεωργοι θρηνειτε κτηματα υπερ πυρου και κριθης οτι απολωλεν τρυγητος εξ αγρου
[12] η αμπελος εξηρανθη και αι συκαι ωλιγωθησαν ροα και φοινιξ και μηλον και παντα τα ξυλα του αγρου εξηρανθησαν οτι ησχυναν χαραν οι υιοι των ανθρωπων
[13] περιζωσασθε και κοπτεσθε οι ιερεις θρηνειτε οι λειτουργουντες θυσιαστηριω εισελθατε υπνωσατε εν σακκοις λειτουργουντες θεω οτι απεσχηκεν εξ οικου θεου υμων θυσια και σπονδη
[14] αγιασατε νηστειαν κηρυξατε θεραπειαν συναγαγετε πρεσβυτερους παντας κατοικουντας γην εις οικον θεου υμων και κεκραξατε προς κυριον εκτενως
[15] οιμμοι οιμμοι οιμμοι εις ημεραν οτι εγγυς ημερα κυριου και ως ταλαιπωρια εκ ταλαιπωριας ηξει
[16] κατεναντι των οφθαλμων υμων βρωματα εξωλεθρευθη εξ οικου θεου υμων ευφροσυνη και χαρα
[17] εσκιρτησαν δαμαλεις επι ταις φατναις αυτων ηφανισθησαν θησαυροι κατεσκαφησαν ληνοι οτι εξηρανθη σιτος
[18] τι αποθησομεν εαυτοις εκλαυσαν βουκολια βοων οτι ουχ υπηρχεν νομη αυτοις και τα ποιμνια των προβατων ηφανισθησαν
[19] προς σε κυριε βοησομαι οτι πυρ ανηλωσεν τα ωραια της ερημου και φλοξ ανηψεν παντα τα ξυλα του αγρου
[20] και τα κτηνη του πεδιου ανεβλεψαν προς σε οτι εξηρανθησαν αφεσεις υδατων και πυρ κατεφαγεν τα ωραια της ερημου

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.