Joel 1:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”

Joel 1:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joel 1:8 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Joel 1:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Joel 1:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!”

Joel 1:8 — World English Bible

Joel 1:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”

Joel 1:8 — American Standard Version

Joel 1:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.”

Joel 1:8 — Young's Literal Translation

Joel 1:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”

Joel 1:8 — Darby Translation

Joel 1:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Mourne like a virgine girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.”

Joel 1:8 — Geneva Bible

Joel 1:8 in Context — Joel 1

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.

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What Does Joel 1:8 Mean?

Joel 1:8 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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