Joel 3:3

In 11 translations

BSB

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

KJV

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

WEB

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

ASV

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

LSV

And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman for wine, || That they may drink.

YLT

And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

DBY

and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].

DRC

And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.

GNV

And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, and sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.

JPS4:3

And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

LXXE4:3

and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.

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WLC4:3

וְאֶל־עַמִּ֖י יַדּ֣וּ גוֹרָ֑ל וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ הַיֶּ֨לֶד֙ בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה מָכְר֥וּ בַיַּ֖יִן וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃KJV:Joel.3.3

LXX-Br4:3

καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λαόν μου ἔβαλον κλήρους, καὶ ἔδωκαν τὰ παιδάρια πόρναις, καὶ τὰ κοράσια ἐπώλουν ἀντὶ τοῦ οἴνου, καὶ ἔπινον.

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• Nahum 3:10Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.
• Amos 2:6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
• Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
• Revelation 18:13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
• 2 Chronicles 28:8–9Then the Israelites took 200,000 captives from their kinsmen—women, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a great deal of plunder and brought it to Samaria. But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he…

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