Devine Scripture

Joel 2:9

Joel chapter 2 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

Context

v.8Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off their course.

v.9This passage

v.10The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 9:21

    For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

  • Exodus 10:6

    and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

  • John 10:1

    Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.