Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
New American Standard Bible
For the
And it will come as
King James Version
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Holman Bible
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
International Standard Version
Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!
American Standard Version
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Amplified
Alas for the day!
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,
And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the
Bible in Basic English
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
Darby Translation
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Julia Smith Translation
Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
King James 2000
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai.
Modern King James verseion
Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and it shall come as a ruin from the Almighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.
NET Bible
How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
New Heart English Bible
Alas for the day. For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come.
Webster
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
World English Bible
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Youngs Literal Translation
And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.
Interlinear
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References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Lamentation
14 Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the old men [and] all the inhabitants of the land to the house of LORD your God, and cry to LORD. 15 Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty. 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it. It is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Ezekiel 7:2-12
And thou, son of man, thus says lord LORD to the land of Israel: An end. The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
Joel 2:11
And LORD utters his voice before his army, for his camp is very great. For he is strong who executes his word. For the day of LORD is great and very fearful, and who can abide it?
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and {wonderful (LXX/NT)} day of LORD comes.
Psalm 37:13
LORD will laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
Isaiah 13:6-9
Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
Ezekiel 12:22-28
Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
Joel 2:1-2
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of LORD comes, for it is near at hand,
Amos 5:16-18
Therefore thus says LORD, the God of hosts, LORD: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways. And they shall say in all the streets, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to
Zephaniah 1:14-18
The great day of LORD is near. It is near and hastens greatly, the voice of the day of LORD. The mighty man cries there bitterly.
Luke 19:41-44
And when he came near, having seen the city, he wept over it,
James 5:9
Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.
Revelation 6:17
Because the great day of his wrath has come, and who is able to stand?