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Blessings for God’s People

Joel 3:20

In 11 translations

BSB
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
KJV
But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.dwell: or, abide
WEB
But Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
ASV
But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
LSV
And Judah dwells for all time, || And Jerusalem to generation and generation.
YLT
And Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.
DBY
But Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
DRC
And Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to generation and generation.
GNV
But Iudah shall dwell for euer, and Ierusalem from generation to generation.
JPS4:20
But Judah shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
LXXE4:20
But Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to all generations.

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Original-language editions

WLC4:20
וִיהוּדָ֖ה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם לְד֥וֹר וָדֽוֹר׃KJV:Joel.3.20
LXX-Br4:20
Ἡ δὲ Ἰουδαία εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατοικηθήσεται, καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.

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📍 Jerusalem◆ Prophecies of Joel

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Ezekiel 37:25They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live there forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
  • Isaiah 33:20Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
  • Amos 9:15I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 4:20 in some Bibles
  • 3:20 in most Bibles

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