Joel 3:21

In 11 translations

BSB

For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.Or For I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not yet pardoned.

KJV

For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.for the…: or, even I the LORD that

WEB

I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”

ASV

And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

LSV

And I have declared their blood innocent, || [That] I did not declare innocent, || And YHWH is dwelling in Zion!”

YLT

And I have declared their blood innocent, [That] I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!

DBY

And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

DRC

And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

GNV

For I will clense their blood, that I haue not clensed, and the Lord will dwell in Zion.

JPS4:21

And I will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; and the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

LXXE4:21

And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion.

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WLC4:21

וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃KJV:Joel.3.21

LXX-Br4:21

Καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθωώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σιών.

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• Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
• Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
• Isaiah 4:4when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
• Ezekiel 36:29I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
• Ezekiel 48:35The perimeter of the city will be 18,000 cubits, and from that day on the name of the city will be: THE LORD IS THERE.”
• Joel 3:17Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
• Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

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