Joel 3:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.”

Joel 3:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Joel 3:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Joel 3:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.”

Joel 3:3 — World English Bible

Joel 3:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. ”

Joel 3:3 — American Standard Version

Joel 3:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.”

Joel 3:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Joel 3:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it]. ”

Joel 3:3 — Darby Translation

Joel 3:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.”

Joel 3:3 — Geneva Bible

Joel 3:3 in Context — Joel 3

1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:

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What Does Joel 3:3 Mean?

Joel 3:3 is a verse from the Book of Joel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Joel chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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