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Joel 2:20

Joel chapter 2 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

but I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, its forepart into the eastern sea, and its hinder part into the western sea; and its stench shall come up, and its ill savor shall come up, because it hath done great things.

Context

v.19And Jehovah answered and said unto his people, Behold, I will send you grain, and new wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith; and I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;

v.20This passage

v.21Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.

Cross references

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

  • Exodus 10:19

    And Jehovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt.

  • Isaiah 34:3

    Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

  • Joel 1:4

    That which the palmer-worm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.

  • Ezekiel 47:18

    And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border, unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

  • Jeremiah 1:14

    Then Jehovah said unto me, Out of the north evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

  • Deuteronomy 11:24

    Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.