Joel 2:9

In 11 translations

BSB

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

KJV

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.

WEB

They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

ASV

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.

LSV

In the city they run to and fro, || On the wall they run, || Into houses they go up by the windows, || They go in as a thief.

YLT

In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.

DBY

They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

DRC

They shall enter into the city: they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up the houses, they shall come in at the windows as a thief.

GNV

They shall runne to and from in the citie: they shall runne vpon the wall: they shall clime vp vpon the houses, and enter in at ye windowes like ye thiefe.

JPS

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.

LXXE

They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.

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WLC

בָּעִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽחוֹמָה֙ יְרֻצ֔וּן בַּבָּתִּ֖ים יַעֲל֑וּ בְּעַ֧ד הַחַלּוֹנִ֛ים יָבֹ֖אוּ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

LXX-Br

Τῆς πόλεως ἐπιλήψονται, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων δραμοῦνται, καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις ἀναβήσονται, καὶ διὰ θυρίδων εἰσελεύσονται ὡς κλέπται.

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• Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
• John 10:1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
• Exodus 10:6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left…

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