Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And the fig tree
The
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed,
From the sons of men.
King James Version
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Holman Bible
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate,
all the trees of the orchard—have withered.
Indeed, human joy has dried up.
International Standard Version
The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."
A Conservative Version
The vine is withered, and the fig tree languishes. The pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field are withered. For joy has withered away from the sons of men.
American Standard Version
The vine is withered, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field are withered: for joy is withered away from the sons of men.
Amplified
The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up,
Indeed, joy dries up and withdraws
From the sons of men.
Bible in Basic English
The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.
Darby Translation
The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men.
Julia Smith Translation
The vine was dried up, and the fig tree languished; the pomegranate, also the palm tree and the apple tree; all the trees of the field were dried up, for joy was dried up from the sons of man.
King James 2000
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The vine withers and the fig tree droops. The pomegranate tree, and also the palm tree, the apple tree --all the trees of the field--are dried up. Indeed, joy is dried up among the sons of men.
Modern King James verseion
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree droops, the pomegranate and the palm tree, and the apple tree; all the trees of the field are dried up, because joy has dried up from the sons of men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The grape gatherers shall make great moan, when the vineyard and fig trees be so utterly wasted. Yea all the pomegranates, palm trees, apple trees, and the other trees of the field shall wither away. Thus the merry cheer of the children of men shall come to confusion.
NET Bible
The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes -- the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up!
New Heart English Bible
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
The Emphasized Bible
The vine, is abashed, and, the fig-tree, languisheth, - pomegranate, palm also, and apple - all the trees of the field, have withered, Yea abashed is gladness, away from the sons of men.
Webster
The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm-tree also, and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
World English Bible
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
Youngs Literal Translation
The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree, All trees of the field have withered, For dried up hath been joy from the sons of men.
Themes
Famine » Caused » Grief and mourning
Fig tree » The jews punished by » Barking and eating of, by locusts, &c
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Apples
Fruits » Often destroyed » By blight
Palm trees » Blasted as a punishment
Pomegranate-trees » The blasting of, a great calamity
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
11
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is lost.
12
And the fig tree
The
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed,
From the sons of men.
Cross References
Isaiah 24:11
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened; the mirth of the land is gone.
Song of Songs 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wild, so is my beloved among the sons. I desired to sit under his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Isaiah 16:10
And gladness is taken away and joy out of the fertile field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be rejoicing: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage song to cease.
Joel 1:10
The field was destroyed, the land mourns; for the wheat was destroyed; the new wine was dried up, the oil perished.
Numbers 13:23
And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and from there they cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates and of the figs.
Psalm 4:7
Thou hast put gladness in my heart in the time that their grain and their wine multiplied.
Psalm 92:12
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Songs 4:13
Thy newly budded plants are a paradise of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, , with spikenard,
Song of Songs 7:7-9
This, thy stature is like unto the palm tree, and thy breasts to the clusters.
Isaiah 9:3
As thou hast multiplied the nation, thou hast not increased the joy. They shall rejoice before thee as they rejoice in the harvest and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Jeremiah 48:3
A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction.
Jeremiah 48:33
And joy and gladness shall be taken from the plentiful field and from the land of Moab; and I shall cause wine to cease from the winepresses; no one shall tread with song; their song shall be no song.
Hosea 9:1-2
Do not rejoice, O Israel, for joy, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved the salary of a harlot upon every threshing floor.
Joel 1:16
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, the joy and the gladness from the house of our God?
Habakkuk 3:17-18
Because the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be on the vines; the labour of the olive shall lie, and the cultivated fields shall yield no food; the sheep shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Haggai 2:19
Is not the seed yet in the barn? Not even the vine, nor the fig tree, nor the pomegranate, nor the olive tree, has blossomed yet, but from this day will I bless you.