Passage

Joel 1.1

Book: Joel · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel."

"2. Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3. Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." (Joel 1:1-3, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"1. Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel."

"2. Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 3. Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation." (Joel 1:1-3, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"1. The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel."

"2. 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? 3. Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation." (Joel 1:1-3, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"1. A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:"

"2. Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers? 3. Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generation." (Joel 1:1-3, YLT)

Setting

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Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

H1697 - dabar

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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