Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
behold, I am going to
King James Version
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
Holman Bible
Look, I am about to rouse them up from the place where you sold them;
International Standard Version
"Look, I will bring them up from where you sold them, I will turn your revenge back upon you,
A Conservative Version
behold, I will stir them up out of the place where ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head.
American Standard Version
behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;
Amplified
behold, I am going to stir them up from the place where you have sold them [and return them to their land], and I shall return your action [of retaliation] on your own head.
Bible in Basic English
See, I will have them moved from the place where you have sent them, and will let what you have done come back on your head;
Darby Translation
Behold, I will raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will bring your recompence upon your own head.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold me raising them up from the place where ye sold them there, and I turned back your recompense upon your head:
King James 2000
Behold, I will raise them out of the place to which you have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! I [am] rousing them from the place where you have sold them, and I will return what you deserve on your head!
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I am raising them out of the place where you have sold them, and will turn your reward on your own head.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, therefore, I will raise them out of the place, where ye have sold them, and will reward you even upon your head.
NET Bible
Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
The Emphasized Bible
Behold me! rousing them up out of the place whither ye sold them, - So will I bring back your dealing upon your own head.
Webster
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
World English Bible
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, I am stirring them up out of the place Whither ye have sold them, And I have turned back your recompence on your head,
Themes
Gathering » The lord gathering the nations together
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Nations » The lord gathering the nations together
Servant » Bond » Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the disobedience of israel
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Prophecies concerning
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment On The Nations
6
and ye have sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem unto the Grecians that ye might remove them far from their border.
7 behold, I am going to
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 43:5-6
Do not fear; for I am with thee: I will bring thy generation from the east and gather thee from the west;
Jeremiah 23:8
but, The LORD lives, who caused the seed of the house of Israel to come up and out of the land of the north wind, and from all the lands where I had driven them, and they shall dwell in their own land.
Joel 3:4
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense upon your own head;
2 Thessalonians 1:6
seeing it is a just thing with God to recompense tribulation to those that trouble you
Judges 1:7
And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered crumbs under my table; as I have done, so God has recompensed me. And they put him into Jerusalem, and there he died.
1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword has made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. Then Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.
Isaiah 11:12
And he shall raise up a banner, as an example for the Gentiles and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from far; and, behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Jeremiah 30:10
Therefore fear thou not, O my slave Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I am he that saves thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall turn, and shall rest, and be quiet, and there shall be no one left to scatter him.
Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all those that devour thee shall be devoured; and all those that afflict thee, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and those that trampled upon thee shall be trodden down, and all that prey upon thee I will give for a prey.
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I turn them from the land of the north wind and gather them from the coasts of the earth; there shall be blind and lame among them, and women with child and those that travail with child together; a great company shall return there.
Jeremiah 32:37
behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in my anger, in my fury and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
Ezekiel 34:12-13
As the shepherd recognizes his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered, so will I recognize my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 36:24
And I will take you from among the Gentiles and gather you out of all countries and will bring you into your own land.
Ezekiel 38:8
After many days thou shalt be visited; at the end of years thou shalt come to the land broken by the sword, gathered out of many peoples, to the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste; but she is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
Zechariah 10:6-10
For I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will keep the house of Joseph, and I will cause them to return; for I shall have compassion upon them, and they shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the LORD their God and will hear them.
Matthew 7:2
For with the judgment with which ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with the measure with which ye measure, ye shall be measured again.
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy shall be done unto the one that has shown no mercy; and mercy boasts against judgment.
Revelation 13:10
He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Revelation 16:6
for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they deserve it.
Revelation 19:2
for true and righteous are his judgments; for he has judged the great whore, who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his slaves at her hand.