Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
New American Standard Bible
And come up to the
For there I will sit to
All the surrounding nations.
King James Version
Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
Holman Bible
and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit down
to judge all the surrounding nations.
International Standard Version
"Let the nations be awakened and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; because I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
A Conservative Version
Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.
Amplified
Let the nations be stirred [to action]
And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge and punish
All the surrounding nations.
Bible in Basic English
Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about.
Darby Translation
Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
Julia Smith Translation
The nations shall be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will sit to judge all the nations from round about
King James 2000
Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let the nations be roused and let them come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations from all around.
Modern King James verseion
Let the nations be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations all around.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let the people arise, and get them to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit, and judge all Heathen round about.
NET Bible
Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.
New Heart English Bible
"Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
The Emphasized Bible
Let the nations, be roused, and come up, into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, - for, there, will I sit to judge all the nations, on every side.
Webster
Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen on every side.
World English Bible
"Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
Youngs Literal Translation
Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.
Themes
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
Harvest » The day of the lord’s harvest
Harvest » Sins » Reaped at the judgment day
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Jehoshaphat » A valley » Called the valley of decision
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Sin » Harvest of » Reaped at the judgment day
Sins » Harvest » Reaped at the judgment day
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Reaped at the judgment day
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat
11 Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah. 12 Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about. 13 Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Cross References
Isaiah 2:4
And he will judge between the nations, and will decide concerning many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Psalm 96:13
Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 98:9
Before Jehovah; for he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.
Isaiah 3:13
Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.
Joel 3:2
I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,
Psalm 7:6
Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
Micah 4:3
and he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
2 Chronicles 20:26
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day.
Psalm 2:8-9
Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalm 76:8-9
Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
Psalm 110:5-6
The Lord at thy right hand Will strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
Ezekiel 30:3
For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
Ezekiel 39:11
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place for burial in Israel, the valley of them that pass through on the east of the sea; and it shall stop them that pass through: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude; and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
Zechariah 14:4
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the mount of Olives shall be cleft in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Revelation 19:11
And I saw the heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteous he doth judge and make war.