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Joel

Predicts a locust plague and future blessings, calling for repentance.

Chapter 1

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KJV: The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Geneva: The worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel.

KJV: Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

Geneva: Heare ye this, O Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitantes of the land, whether such a thing hath bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers.

KJV: Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

Geneva: Tell you your children of it, and let your children shew to their children, and their children to another generation.

KJV: That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.

Geneva: That which is left of ye palmer worme, hath the grashopper eaten, & the residue of ye grashopper hath the canker worme eaten, and the residue of the canker worme hath the caterpiller eaten.

KJV: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Geneva: Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, & howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.

KJV: For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Geneva: Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, & without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.

KJV: He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.

Geneva: He maketh my vine waste, & pilleth off the barke of my figge tree: he maketh it bare, and casteth it downe: ye branches therof are made white.

KJV: Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Geneva: Mourne like a virgine girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

KJV: The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.

Geneva: The meate offring, & the drinke offring is cut off from the House of the Lord: the Priests the Lords ministers mourne.

KJV: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Geneva: The fielde is wasted: the lande mourneth: for the corne is destroyed: the new wine is dried vp, and the oyle is decayed.

KJV: Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

Geneva: Be ye ashamed, O husband men: howle, O ye vine dressers for the wheate, and for the barly, because the haruest of the fielde is perished.

KJV: The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

Geneva: The vine is dried vp, and the figge tree is decayed: the pomegranate tree & the palme tree, and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the fielde are withered: surely the ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.

KJV: Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

Geneva: Girde your selues and lament, ye Priests: howle ye ministers of the altar: come, and lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meate offring, and the drinke offring is taken away from the house of your God.

KJV: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.

Geneva: Sanctifie you a fast: call a solemne assemblie: gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land into the House of the Lorde your God, and cry vnto the Lord,

KJV: Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Geneva: Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie.

KJV: Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Geneva: Is not the meate cut off before our eyes? & ioy, and gladnesse from the house of our God?

KJV: The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Geneva: The seede is rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.

KJV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

Geneva: How did the beasts mourne! the herdes of cattel pine away, because they haue no pasture, & the flockes of sheepe are destroyed.

KJV: O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Geneva: O Lord, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde.

KJV: The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

Geneva: The beasts of the fielde cry also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernes.

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