Joel 1:16

Joel chapter 1 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

v.16This passage

v.17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
Joel 1:13
Gird yourselveswith sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
Deuteronomy 12:11
then it shall come to pass that to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you: your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto Jehovah.
Isaiah 62:8
Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:
Joel 1:5
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
Psalms 105:3
Glory ye in his holy name: Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.