Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Pipe ye, for the day of Jehovah draws near; as desolation shall it come from the Almighty.

New American Standard Bible

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

King James Version

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Holman Bible

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

International Standard Version

Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!

A Conservative Version

Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

American Standard Version

Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Amplified


Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty (All Sufficient One—Invincible God)!

Bible in Basic English

Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.

Darby Translation

Howl, for the day of Jehovah is at hand; it cometh as destruction from the Almighty.

King James 2000

Wail you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Wail, for the day of Yahweh [is] near; it will come like destruction from Shaddai!

Modern King James verseion

Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Mourn therefore, for the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.

NET Bible

Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

New Heart English Bible

Wail; for the day of the LORD is at hand. It will come as destruction from Shaddai.

The Emphasized Bible

Howl ye! for at hand is the day of Yahweh, - As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come.

Webster

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

World English Bible

Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Youngs Literal Translation

Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ילל 
Yalal 
Usage: 32

ye for the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is at hand
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
Usage: 77

it shall come

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

שׁוד שׁד 
Shod 
Usage: 25

References

Context Readings

An Oracle Against Babylon

5 Coming from a land from afar, from the extremity of the heavens, Jehovah and the vessels of his wrath to overthrow all the earth. 6 Pipe ye, for the day of Jehovah draws near; as desolation shall it come from the Almighty. 7 For this all hands shall be relaxed, and every heart of man shall melt.


Cross References

Joel 1:15

Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent from the face of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is near, for Jehovah prepared a swam he consecrated his called ones.

Isaiah 2:12

For the day to Jehovah of armies is upon all the haughty and the high, and upon all lifted up; and he was humbled:

Isaiah 13:9

Behold, the day of Jehovah coming fierce and overflowing, and burning anger to set the earth for desolation: and he will destroy the sinner out of it.

Isaiah 14:31

Wail, thou gate; cry out, thou city; all thou Philistia, melting away, for from the north a smoke coming, and none being alone in his appointments.

Isaiah 34:8

For a day of vengeance to Jehovah, a year of retributions for the contention of Zion.

Jeremiah 51:8

Babylon fell suddenly, and she will be broken: wail ye for her; take balsam for her pain, perhaps she will be healed.

Ezekiel 30:2-3

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Wo to the day!

Amos 5:18

Wo! to you longing for the day of Jehovah; for what this to you? The day of Jehovah this is darkness and not light

Job 31:23

For the destruction of God is a terror to me, and from his lifting up I shall not prevail.

Isaiah 23:1

The burden of Tyre. Wail, ye ships of Tarshish, for it was laid waste from a house from going in: from the land of Chittim it was uncovered to them.

Isaiah 52:5

And now what to me here, says Jehovah, that my people were taken gratuitously? ruling, they will cause to give a sharp sound, says Jehovah; and continually all the day my name being despised.

Isaiah 65:14

Behold, my servants shall shout from good of heart, but ye shall cry from pain of heart, and wail from breaking of spirit

Jeremiah 25:34

Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves, ye chiefs of the flocks; for your days for slaughter and your dispersions were filled up, and ye fell as a vessel of desire.

Jeremiah 49:3

Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai was laid waste: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird yourselves with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro in the walled places; for their king shall go into captivity, his priests and his chiefs together.

Ezekiel 21:12

Cry and wail, son of man, for it was upon my people, it was upon all the princes of Israel: terrors for the sword were upon my people: for this, strike upon thy thigh.

Joel 1:5

Awake, ye intoxicated, and weep; and wail, all ye drinking wine, on account of the new wine, for it was cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

The husbandmen were ashamed; wail, ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field perished.

Joel 1:13

Be ye girded and lament, ye priests: wail, ye, serving the altar: come in, pass the night in sackcloth, ye serving God: for the gift and the libation were withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 2:11

And Jehovah gave his voice before the face of his strength: for exceedingly great his camp, and strong he doing his word: for great the day of Jehovah, and exceedingly terrible; and who shall endure it?

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and the terrible day of Jehovah.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hastening greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah: the strong one cried there bitterly.

Zephaniah 2:2-3

Before the law bring forth, as the chaff the day passing away before the burning of the anger of Jehovah shall not come upon you, before the day of the anger of Jehovah shall not come upon you.

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the day of Jehovah, great and terrible:

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes.

James 5:1

Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you.

Revelation 18:10

Standing from far off for fear of her torture, saying, Woe, woe, the great city Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment came.

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