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Lexham Expanded Bible
{From before them} nations writhe, all faces {turn pale}.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Holman Bible
all faces turn pale.
International Standard Version
The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale.
A Conservative Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have grown pale.
American Standard Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.
Amplified
Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces become pale [with terror].
Bible in Basic English
At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.
Darby Translation
Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
Julia Smith Translation
From his face peoples shall be pained: all faces gathered a glow.
King James 2000
Before their face the people shall be in great pain: all faces are drained of color.
Modern King James verseion
Before their face the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The folk shall be afraid of him, all faces shall be as black as a pot.
NET Bible
People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.
New Heart English Bible
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
The Emphasized Bible
Because of him, shall peoples', be in anguish, - all faces, have withdrawn their colour.
Webster
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
World English Bible
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
Youngs Literal Translation
From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:6
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Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh Is Near
5 like [the] sound of chariots on the tops of the mountains, they leap about; like [the] sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble; like a strong army arranged in rows [for] battle. 6 {From before them} nations writhe, all faces {turn pale}. 7 They run like mighty warriors, they scale the wall like men of war; each goes on its own way, and they do not swerve [from] their paths.
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Nahum 2:10
Emptiness and plundering and devastation! Their hearts faint and their knees tremble, {All their loins shake} and all their faces {turn} pale.
Isaiah 13:8
and they will be dismayed. Pangs and labor pains will seize [them]; they will tremble like a woman giving birth. {They will stare at one another}, {their faces flushing}.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask please and see whether a male can bear a child. Why [do] I see every strong man [with] his hands on his loins like a woman giving birth? And [why] are all [their] faces changed to paleness?
Psalm 119:83
For I have become like a wineskin in [the] smoke, [yet] I have not forgotten your statutes.
Jeremiah 8:21
"Because of the wound of the daughter of my people I am broken down, I mourn, horror has seized me.
Lamentations 4:8
[Now] their appearance is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones, it has become dry like wood.