Joel 3.12

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Joel 3.12

Book: Joel · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11. Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah."

"12. Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about."

"13. Put ye in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe: come, tread ye; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision." (Joel 3:10-14, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ 11. Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves together.” Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh."

"12. “Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations."

"13. Put in the sickle; for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full, the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.” 14. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of Yahweh is near, in the valley of decision." (Joel 3:10-14, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"10. Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. ^{pruninghooks: or, scythes} 11. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. ^{cause: or, the LORD shall bring down}"

"12. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about."

"13. Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. ^{decision: or, concision, or, threshing}" (Joel 3:10-14, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"10. Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I [am] mighty.' 11. Haste, and come in, all ye nations round, And be gathered together, Thither cause to come down, O Jehovah, Thy mighty ones."

"12. Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around."

"13. Send ye forth a sickle, For ripened hath harvest, Come in, come down, for filled hath been the press, Overflowed hath wine-presses, For great [is] their wickedness. 14. Multitudes, multitudes [are] in the valley of decision, For near [is] the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision." (Joel 3:10-14, YLT)

Setting

Speaker: Joel + LORD direct discourse
Audience: Judah
Location: Judah
Time period: ministry uncertain; possibly c. 835-796 BC or c. 500 BC

Theological reading

Key words

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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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