Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord became jealous for His land
International Standard Version
Then the LORD will show great concern for his land, and will have compassion on his people.
A Conservative Version
Then LORD was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
American Standard Version
Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.
Amplified
Then the Lord will be jealous for His land [ready to defend it since it is rightfully and uniquely His]
And will have compassion on His people [and will spare them].
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.
Darby Translation
Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and he will pity. for his people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh became jealous for his land and took pity on his people.
Modern King James verseion
Then Jehovah will be jealous for His land and pity His people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD envied for his land's sake and had compassion on his people.
NET Bible
Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people.
New Heart English Bible
Then the LORD was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
The Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh became jealous for his land, - and took pity on his people;
Webster
Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
World English Bible
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
Youngs Literal Translation
And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Response And Promise Of Yahweh
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God? 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. 19 Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them: and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations:
Cross References
Zechariah 1:14
So the angel that talked with me said unto me, Cry, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Zechariah 8:2
Thus says the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury.
Psalm 103:13
Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.
Isaiah 60:10
And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the yearning of your heart and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained?
Deuteronomy 32:16
They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked him to anger.
Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD shall judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none left, slave or free.
Deuteronomy 32:43
Rejoice, O you nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Judges 10:16
And they put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
Psalm 103:17
But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;
Isaiah 42:13
The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, shout aloud; he shall prevail against his enemies.
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart is troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the LORD.
Lamentations 3:22
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Hosea 11:8-9
How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassion is stirred.
Luke 15:20
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very compassionate, and of tender mercy.