Joel 3:6

Joel chapter 3 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

King James Version · 1611

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

American Standard Version · 1901

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

v.5Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,

v.6This passage

v.7behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head;

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

Joel 3:3
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers; they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
Deuteronomy 28:68
And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Joel 3:8
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.