Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,
New American Standard Bible
behold, I am going to
King James Version
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
Holman Bible
Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them;
International Standard Version
"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you,
A Conservative Version
behold, I will stir them up out of the place where ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head.
American Standard Version
behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;
Amplified
behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them [and return them to their land], and I shall return your action [of retaliation] on your own head.
Bible in Basic English
See, I will have them moved from the place where you have sent them, and will let what you have done come back on your head;
Darby Translation
Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold me raising them up from the place where ye sold them there, and I turned back your recompense upon your head:
King James 2000
Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] rousing them from the place where you have sold them, and I will return what you deserve on your head!
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am raising them out of the place where you have sold them, and will turn your reward on your own head.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, therefore, I will raise them out of the place, where ye have sold them, and will reward you even upon your head.
NET Bible
Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
The Emphasized Bible
Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, - So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.
Webster
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
World English Bible
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
Themes
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Servant » Bond » Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the disobedience of israel
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Prophecies concerning
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment On The Nations
6 And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border. 7 Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head, 8 And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 43:5-6
Be not afraid, for I am with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.
Jeremiah 23:8
But -- Jehovah liveth, who brought up, And who brought in, the seed of the house of Israel, From the land of the north, And from all the lands whither I drove them, And they have dwelt on their own ground!
Joel 3:4
And also, what are ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
since it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble,
Judges 1:7
and Adoni-Bezek saith, 'Seventy kings -- their thumbs and their great toes cut off -- have been gathering under my table; as I have done so hath God repaid to me;' and they bring him in to Jerusalem, and he dieth there.
1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel saith, 'As thy sword bereaved women -- so is thy mother bereaved above women;' and Samuel heweth Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.
Esther 7:10
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Isaiah 11:12
And He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.
Isaiah 49:12
Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
Jeremiah 30:10
And thou, be not afraid, My servant Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah, Nor be affrighted, O Israel, For, lo, I am saving thee from afar, And thy seed from the land of their captivity, And Jacob hath turned back and rested, And is quiet, and there is none troubling.
Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all consuming thee are consumed, And all thine adversaries -- all of them -- Into captivity do go, And thy spoilers have been for a spoil, And all thy plunderers I give up to plunder.
Jeremiah 31:8
Lo, I am bringing them in from the north country, And have gathered them from the sides of the earth, Among them are blind and lame, Conceiving and travailing one -- together, A great assembly -- they turn back hither.
Jeremiah 32:37
Lo, I am gathering them out of all the lands whither I have driven them in Mine anger, and in My fury, and in great wrath, and I have brought them back unto this place, and have caused them to dwell confidently;
Ezekiel 34:12-13
As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
Ezekiel 36:24
And I have taken you out of the nations, And have gathered you out of all the lands, And I have brought you in unto your land,
Ezekiel 38:8
After many days thou art appointed, In the latter end of the years thou comest in unto a land brought back from sword, A people gathered out of many peoples, Upon mountains of Israel, That have been for a perpetual waste, And it from the peoples hath been brought out, And dwelt safely have all of them.
Zechariah 10:6-10
And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as if I had not cast them off, For I am Jehovah their God, And I answer them.
Matthew 7:2
for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.
James 2:13
for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.
Revelation 13:10
if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 16:6
because blood of saints and prophets they did pour out, and blood to them Thou didst give to drink, for they are worthy;'
Revelation 19:2
because true and righteous are His judgments, because He did judge the great whore who did corrupt the earth in her whoredom, and He did avenge the blood of His servants at her hand;'