Parallel Verses
Amplified
Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am strong!”
New American Standard Bible
And your pruning hooks into spears;
King James Version
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Holman Bible
and your pruning knives into spears.
Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”
International Standard Version
Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail say, "I am strong!"
A Conservative Version
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.
American Standard Version
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Bible in Basic English
Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.
Darby Translation
Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.
Julia Smith Translation
Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: the weak shall say, I am strong.
King James 2000
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Beat your cutting tools of iron into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, 'I am a mighty warrior!'
Modern King James verseion
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, I am strong.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Make you swords of your plowshares, and spears of your sickles and scythes. Let the weak man say, "I am strong."
NET Bible
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!'
New Heart English Bible
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
The Emphasized Bible
Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears, - as for the weak, let him say, mighty, I am.
Webster
Beat your plow-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
World English Bible
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I am mighty.'
Themes
Agriculture or husbandry » Implements of » The pruning-hook
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
Harvest » The day of the lord’s harvest
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Spear » Pruning-hooks beat into
Interlinear
Kathath
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat
9
Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations:
Prepare a war! Stir up the mighty men!
Let all the men of war come near, let them come up!
Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, “I am strong!”
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
And gather yourselves there;
Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones (Your warriors).
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 2:4
And He will judge between the nations,
And will mediate [disputes] for many peoples;
And they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not lift up the sword against nation,
And never again will they learn war.
Micah 4:3
And He will judge between many peoples
And render decisions for strong and distant nations.
Then they shall hammer their swords into plowshares
And their spears into pruning hooks [so that the implements of war may become the tools of agriculture];
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Nor shall they ever again train for war.
Zechariah 12:8
In that day the Lord will defend the people of Jerusalem, and the one who is impaired among them in that day [of persecution] will become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David
2 Chronicles 25:8
But if you do go [in spite of this warning], be strong and courageous for battle; yet God will cause you to stumble and fall before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cause people to stumble.”
Luke 22:36
Then He said to them,