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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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{From before them} nations writhe, all faces {turn pale}.
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Because of him, shall peoples', be in anguish, - all faces, have withdrawn their colour.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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The Day Of Yahweh Is Near
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Like the noise of chariots they leap on the tops of the mountains. It is like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble. They are a strong people set in battle array.
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Nahum 2:10
She is empty and void, a city laid waste! The hearts melt and the knees knock together. There is pain in all the hips and their faces have all grown pale.
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified! Pains and anguish will possess them. They will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another in amazement with their faces reddened with excitement (aflame).
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask now and see: Can a man give birth to a child? Why, then, do I see every strong man holding his stomach in pain like a woman giving birth to a child? Why has every face turned pale?
Psalm 119:83
Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget your statutes.
Jeremiah 8:21
For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken. I mourn and dismay has taken hold of me.
Lamentations 4:8
Their face is blacker than night. In the streets no one has knowledge of them. Their skin is hanging on their bones, and they are dry, they have become like wood.