Joel 1:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Joel 1:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joel 1:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Joel 1:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Joel 1:5 — World English Bible

Joel 1:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. ”

Joel 1:5 — American Standard Version

Joel 1:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.”

Joel 1:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Joel 1:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“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. ”

Joel 1:5 — Darby Translation

Joel 1:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.”

Joel 1:5 — Geneva Bible

Joel 1:5 in Context — Joel 1

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.

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What Does Joel 1:5 Mean?

Joel 1:5 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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