Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For my people they cast lots, and {they traded} the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank [it].
New American Standard Bible
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
King James Version
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Holman Bible
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.
International Standard Version
They cast lots for my people they sold a young boy in exchange for a prostitute, and a girl for wine, so they could drink."
A Conservative Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
American Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Amplified
“They have also cast lots for My people,
And have traded a boy for a prostitute
And have sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Bible in Basic English
And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.
Darby Translation
and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
Julia Smith Translation
And for my people they cast the lot: and they will give the boy for a harlot, and they sold the girl for wine; and they will drink
King James 2000
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Modern King James verseion
And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, so that they might drink.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, they have cast lots for my people, the young men have they set in the brothel house, and sold the damsels for wine, that they might have to drink.
NET Bible
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
New Heart English Bible
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
The Emphasized Bible
And, for my people, they cast lots, - and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine - and drank.
Webster
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
World English Bible
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Youngs Literal Translation
And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
Themes
Drunkenness » Examples of » Other examples
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Intemperance » Examples of » Other examples
Intoxication » Examples of » Other examples
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Jerusalem » Of pestilence, famine, and war in
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment On The Nations
2 I will gather all the nations, and I will bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will argue {a case against them} there concerning my people and my inheritance Israel whom they have scattered among the nations, and my land [that] they have divided. 3 For my people they cast lots, and {they traded} the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank [it]. 4 What [are] you to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all of the regions of Philistia? Are you repaying to me what is deserved? If you [are] recompensing me, I will return swiftly [and] quickly what you deserve on your head!
Cross References
Amos 2:6
Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they sell the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of sandals!
Obadiah 1:11
On {the day you stood nearby}, {on the day strangers took} his wealth, and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots over Jerusalem, you were also like one of them.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she went into captivity as an exile; her children were dashed to pieces at the head of [the] streets; they cast lots for all of her nobles; all of her dignitaries were bound with chains.
2 Chronicles 28:8-9
And the Israelites captured two hundred thousand of their brothers, women, sons, and daughters. And they also plundered much booty from them and brought the booty to Samaria.
Revelation 18:13
and cinnamon and amomum and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine wheat flour and wheat and domesticated animals and sheep and horses and carriages and {slaves} and human lives.