Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Mighty and without number;
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
King James Version
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Holman Bible
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
International Standard Version
Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
A Conservative Version
For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
American Standard Version
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
Amplified
For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Bible in Basic English
For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
Darby Translation
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.
Julia Smith Translation
For a nation came up upon my land, strong, and no number; his teeth the teeth of a lion, and a biter's teeth of the lioness to him.
King James 2000
For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because a nation has {invaded} my land, strong {and beyond counting}. Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and its fangs [are those] of a lioness.
Modern King James verseion
For a nation has come up on My land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw teeth of a lioness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, a mighty and an innumerable people shall come up into my land: these have teeth like the teeth of Lions, and chaftbones like the lioness.
NET Bible
For a nation has invaded our land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. Their teeth are like those of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness.
New Heart English Bible
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a nation, hath come up over my land, bold, and without number, - his teeth, are the teeth of a lion, and, the fangs of a lioness, hath he!
Webster
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
World English Bible
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
5
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is
Mighty and without number;
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
And my fig tree
It has stripped them bare and cast them away;
Their branches have become white.
Cross References
Joel 2:25
That the swarming
The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust,
My great army which I sent among you.
Psalm 107:34
Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Proverbs 30:14
And his
To
And the needy from among men.
Proverbs 30:25-27
But they prepare their food in the summer;
Isaiah 8:8
It will
And the spread of its wings will
Isaiah 32:13
Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the
Hosea 9:3
But Ephraim will return to
And in
Joel 2:2-11
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a
There has
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.
Revelation 9:7-10
The