Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the earth. Was this in your days, and if in the days of your fathers?
New American Standard Bible
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Or in your fathers’ days?
King James Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Holman Bible
listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?
International Standard Version
"Hear this, you elders! Listen, all of you residents of the land! Has there ever been anything like this during your lifetime, or even when your ancestors were alive?
A Conservative Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
American Standard Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Amplified
Hear this, O elders,
Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing as this occurred in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Darby Translation
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
King James 2000
Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear this, O elders, and give ear, all the inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days? Or the days of your ancestors?
Modern King James verseion
Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all dwellers of the land. Has this been in your days or even in the days of your fathers?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, O ye elders! Ponder this well, all ye that dwell in the land, if ever there happened such a thing in your days, or in the days of your fathers.
NET Bible
Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors?
New Heart English Bible
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
The Emphasized Bible
Hear this, ye elders, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, - hath this ever happened in your days? or in the days of your fathers?
Webster
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
World English Bible
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?
Interlinear
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Zaqen
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
1 The word of Jehovah which was to Joel son of Pethuel. 2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the earth. Was this in your days, and if in the days of your fathers? 3 Concerning it recount to your sons, and your sons to their sons, and their sons to another generation.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Hosea 5:1
Hear this ye priests, and attend, ye house of Israel, and give ear, ye house of the king; for the judgment is to you, because ye were a snare to the watch tower and a net stretched out upon Tabor.
Joel 2:2
A day of darkness and of thick darkness; a day of cloud and gloom as the morning spread upon the mountains: great and strong people; the like to him was not from forever, and after him there shall not be added even to the years of generation and generation.
Job 8:8
For ask now to the first generation, and prepare to seek their fathers:
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.
Deuteronomy 4:32-35
For ask now to the former days which were before thee from the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the end of the heavens to the end of the heavens, Has there been as this great word, or was heard like it?
Job 12:12
With old men is wisdom, and length of days, understanding
Job 15:10
Also the gray headed and old man with us, great of days above thy fathers.
Job 21:7
Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.
Psalm 49:1
To the overseer, to the sons of Korah: chanting. Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the World:
Isaiah 7:17
Jehovah shall bring upon thee and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days which came not, from the day Ephraim turned away from Judah; the king of Assur.
Isaiah 34:1
Draw near, ye nations, to hear; and ye people, attend: the earth shall hear, and its fulness; the habitable globe, and all its offspring.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and no heart; eyes to them and they will not see; and ears to them, and they will not hear:
Daniel 12:1
And in that time Michael the great chief shall stand up, he standing for the sons of thy people: and it was a time of straits that was not from there being a nation, even to that time: and in that time thy people shall escape, every one being found written in the book.
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye sons of Israel: for a contention to Jehovah with the inhabitants of the land, for no truth and no kindness and no knowledge of God in the land.
Joel 1:14
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.
Amos 3:1
Hear this word which Jehovah spake against you, ye sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, ye heifers of Bashan, which are upon the mountain of Shomeron, oppressing the poor, breaking in pieces the needy, saying to their lords, Bring, and we will drink.
Amos 5:1
Hear ye this word which I lift up to you, a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Micah 1:2
Hear, all ye peoples; attend, O earth, and its fulness, and the Lord Jehovah shall be among you for a witness, Jehovah from his holy temple.
Micah 3:1
And saying, Hear now, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
Micah 3:9
Hear now this, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and judges of the house of Israel abhorring judgment, and they will pervert all uprightness.
Matthew 13:9
He having ears to hear let him hear.
Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be.
Revelation 2:7
He having ears, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him conquering I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the pleasure garden of God.