Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 Set apart a fast; call a solemn gathering; gather the elders and all the people of the land into the house of Jehovah your God, and cry to the Lord, 15 Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and it shall come as a ruin from the Almighty. 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and 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 you, son of man, so says the Lord Jehovah to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
Joel 2:11
And Jehovah shall utter His voice before His army; for His camp is very great; for strong is He who does His Word. For the day of Jehovah is great and very terrible; and who can stand it?
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Jehovah.
Psalm 37:13
Jehovah laughs at him; for He sees that his day is coming.
Isaiah 13:6-9
Howl! For the day of Jehovah is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Ezekiel 12:22-28
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail?
Joel 2:1-2
Blow a ram's horn in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of Jehovah comes, for it is near at hand;
Amos 5:16-18
So Jehovah, the God of Hosts, the Master, says this: Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the tiller to mourning, and those who are skillful in mourning to wailing.
Zephaniah 1:14-18
The great day of Jehovah is near; it is near and rushing greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah. The mighty man shall cry bitterly there.
Luke 19:41-44
And as He drew near, He beheld the city and wept over it,
James 5:9
Do not grudge against one another, brothers, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands before the door.
Revelation 6:17
for the great day of His wrath has come, and who will be able to stand?