Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail 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.”
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.
Amplified
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 "Declare this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up your elite forces! Let all the soldiers draw near! Call them up! 10 Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail say, "I am strong!" 11 Hurry and come, all you gentiles! Gather yourselves together!'" "LORD, cause your mighty army to come down.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 2:4
He will judge between the nations, and will render verdicts for the benefit of many. "They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nations will not raise swords against nations, and they will not learn warfare anymore.
Micah 4:3
And he will judge among many people, rebuking strong nations far away; and they will reshape their swords as plowshares and their spears as pruning hooks. No nation will threaten another, nor will they train for war anymore.
Zechariah 12:8
At that time, the LORD will defend those who live in Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them at that time will be like David. The entire house of David will be like God indeed, like the angel of the LORD in their midst!
2 Chronicles 25:8
But if you do go, strengthen yourself for war. Do you think God will throw you down before the enemy, since God has the power both to help or to overthrow?"
Luke 22:36
Then he told them, "But now whoever has a wallet must take it along, and his traveling bag, too. And the one who has no sword must sell his coat and buy one.