Joel 1:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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?”
Joel 1:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joel 1:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joel 1:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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?”
Joel 1:2 — World English Bible
Joel 1:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? ”
Joel 1:2 — American Standard Version
Joel 1:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?”
Joel 1:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Joel 1:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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? ”
Joel 1:2 — Darby Translation
Joel 1:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Heare ye this, O Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitantes of the land, whether such a thing hath bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers.”
Joel 1:2 — Geneva Bible
Joel 1:2 in Context — Joel 1
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.
What Does Joel 1:2 Mean?
Joel 1:2 is a verse from the Book of Joel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joel chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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