Parallel Verses
Webster
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head:
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.
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
Interlinear
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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 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 43:5-6
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
Jeremiah 23:8
But, the LORD liveth, who brought and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I have driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Joel 3:4
Yes, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? 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 righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
Judges 1:7
And Adoni-bezek said, seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And 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 was the king's wrath pacified.
Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 49:12
Behold, these shall come from far: and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Jeremiah 30:10
Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah 30:16
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thy adversaries, every one of them shall go into captivity; and they that plunder thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Jeremiah 31:8
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the borders of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Jeremiah 32:37
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell in safety.
Ezekiel 34:12-13
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the heathen, 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: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall all dwell in safety.
Zechariah 10:6-10
And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy 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 what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and the measure which ye give, shall be measured to you again.
James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy that hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Revelation 13:10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth 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 are worthy.
Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her lewdness, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.