Joel 2:8

In 11 translations

BSB

They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.

KJV

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.sword: or, dart

WEB

One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.

ASV

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

LSV

And each does not press his brother, || They each go on in his way, || If they fall by the missile, they are not cut off.

YLT

And each his brother they press not, Each in his way they go on, If by the missile they fall, they are not cut off.

DBY

Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.

DRC

No one shall press upon his brother: they shall walk every one in his path: yea, and they shall fall through the windows, and shall take no harm.

GNV

Neither shall one thrust another, but euery one shall walke in his path: and when they fall vpon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

JPS

Neither doth one thrust another, they march every one in his highway; and they break through the weapons, and suffer no harm.

LXXE

and not one shall stand aloof from his brother: they shall go on weighed down with their arms, and they fall upon their weapons, yet shall they in no wise be destroyed.

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WLC

וְאִ֤ישׁ אָחִיו֙ לֹ֣א יִדְחָק֔וּן גֶּ֥בֶר בִּמְסִלָּת֖וֹ יֵֽלֵכ֑וּן וּבְעַ֥ד הַשֶּׁ֛לַח יִפֹּ֖לוּ לֹ֥א יִבְצָֽעוּ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀφέξεται· καταβαρυνόμενοι ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις αὐτῶν πορεύσονται, καὶ ἐν τοῖς βέλεσιν αὐτῶν πεσοῦνται, καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελεσθῶσι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Nehemiah 4:23So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
• 2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an…
• 2 Chronicles 23:10He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
• Job 33:18to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
• Job 36:12But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
• Song of Songs 4:13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
• Nehemiah 4:17who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.

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