Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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!
A Conservative Version
Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
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.
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 Consecrate a fast., call an assembly, gather together the old men, all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to Jehovah. 15 Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come. 16 Was not the food cut off before our eyes, from the house of our God, joy and gladness?
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! for that day is great from none being like it: and this the time of straits to Jacob and he shall be saved from it.
Ezekiel 7:2-12
And thou son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovah to the land of Israel: An end, the end came upon the four corners of the land.
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.
Psalm 37:13
Jehovah shall laugh at him: for he saw that his day will come.
Isaiah 13:6-9
Pipe ye, for the day of Jehovah draws near; as desolation shall it come from the Almighty.
Ezekiel 12:22-28
Son of man, what this parable to you upon the land of Israel, saying, The days will be prolonged and every vision perished?
Joel 2:1-2
Clang ye the trumpet in Zion, shout in my holy mountain: all the inhabitants of the land shall be moved, for the day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near.
Amos 5:16-18
For this, thus said Jehovah God of armies, the Lord: In all your broad places, wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, Wo! wo! and they called to the husbandman to mourning, and wailing to all knowing lamentation.
Zephaniah 1:14-18
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.
Luke 19:41-44
And as he drew near, having seen the city, he wept over it,
James 5:9
Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath has come; and who can stand?