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Bible in Basic English

Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about.

New American Standard Bible

Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.

King James Version

Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Holman Bible

Let the nations be roused
and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
for there I will sit down
to judge all the surrounding nations.

International Standard Version

"Let the nations be awakened and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; because I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

A Conservative Version

Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about.

American Standard Version

Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Amplified


Let the nations be stirred [to action]
And come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge and punish
All the surrounding nations.

Darby Translation

Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Julia Smith Translation

The nations shall be roused and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will sit to judge all the nations from round about

King James 2000

Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let the nations be roused and let them come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations from all around.

Modern King James verseion

Let the nations be awakened and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations all around.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let the people arise, and get them to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit, and judge all Heathen round about.

NET Bible

Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.

New Heart English Bible

"Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

The Emphasized Bible

Let the nations, be roused, and come up, into the Vale of Jehoshaphat, - for, there, will I sit to judge all the nations, on every side.

Webster

Let the heathen be awakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen on every side.

World English Bible

"Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Youngs Literal Translation

Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

be wakened
עוּר 
`uwr 
Usage: 80

and come up
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

to the valley
עמק 
`emeq 
Usage: 69

יהושׁפט 
Y@howshaphat 
Usage: 84

for there will I sit
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

to judge
שׁפט 
Shaphat 
Usage: 203

all the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

Context Readings

Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat

11 Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord. 12 Let the nations be awake, and come to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there I will be seated as judge of all the nations round about. 13 Put in the blade, for the grain is ready: come, get you down, for the wine-crusher is full, the vessels are overflowing; for great is their evil-doing.

Cross References

Isaiah 2:4

And he will be the judge between the nations, and the peoples will be ruled by his decisions: and their swords will be turned into plough-blades, and their spears into vine-knives: no longer will the nations be turning their swords against one another, and the knowledge of war will be gone for ever.

Psalm 96:13

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Isaiah 3:13

The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

Joel 3:2

I will get together all the nations, and make them come down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and there I will take up with them the cause of my people and of my heritage Israel, whom they have sent wandering among the nations, and of my land which has been parted by them.

Psalm 7:6

Come up, Lord, in your wrath; be lifted up against my haters; be awake, my God, give orders for the judging.

Joel 3:14

Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Micah 4:3

And he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.

2 Chronicles 20:26

On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.

Psalm 2:8-9

Make your request to me, and I will give you the nations for your heritage, and the farthest limits of the earth will be under your hand.

Psalm 76:8-9

From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

Ezekiel 30:3

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Ezekiel 39:11

And it will come about in those days, that I will give to Gog a last resting-place there in Israel, in the valley of Abarim on the east of the sea: and those who go through will be stopped: and there Gog and all his people will be put to rest, and the place will be named, The valley of Hamon-gog.

Zechariah 14:4

And in that day his feet will be on the Mount of Olives, which is opposite Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives will be parted in the middle to the east and to the west, forming a very great valley; and half the mountain will be moved to the north and half of it to the south.

Revelation 19:11

And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.

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