Joel 1:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Joel 1:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Joel 1:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Joel 1:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Joel 1:6 — World English Bible
Joel 1:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness. ”
Joel 1:6 — American Standard Version
Joel 1:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth <FI>are<Fi> the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.”
Joel 1:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Joel 1:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness. ”
Joel 1:6 — Darby Translation
Joel 1:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, and without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.”
Joel 1:6 — Geneva Bible
Joel 1:6 in Context — Joel 1
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.
What Does Joel 1:6 Mean?
Joel 1:6 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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