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The LORD Judges the Nations

Joel 3:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
KJV
¶ Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:Prepare: Heb. Sanctify
WEB
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war! Stir up the mighty men. Let all the warriors draw near. Let them come up.
ASV
Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
LSV
Proclaim this among nations, || Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, || Come near, come up, let all the men of war.
YLT
Proclaim ye this among nations, Sanctify a war, stir up the mighty ones, Come nigh, come up, let all the men of war.
DBY
Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
DRC
Proclaim ye this among the nations: prepare war, rouse up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
GNV
Publish this among the Gentiles: prepare warre, wake vp the mightie men: let all the men of warre drawe neere and come vp.
JPS4:9
Proclaim ye this among the nations, prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
LXXE4:9
Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all ye men of war.Gr. sanctify.

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Original-language editions

WLC4:9
קִרְאוּ־זֹאת֙ בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם קַדְּשׁ֖וּ מִלְחָמָ֑ה הָעִ֨ירוּ֙ הַגִּבּוֹרִ֔ים יִגְּשׁ֣וּ יַֽעֲל֔וּ כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃KJV:Joel.3.9
LXX-Br4:9
Κηρύξατε ταῦτα ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἁγιάσατε πόλεμον, ἐξεγείρατε τοὺς μαχητὰς, προσαγάγετε καὶ ἀναβαίνετε πάντες ἄνδρες πολεμισταὶ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 46:3–4“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle! Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
  • Ezekiel 38:7Get ready; prepare yourself, you and all your company gathered around you; you will be their guard.
  • Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…
  • Jeremiah 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
  • Isaiah 34:1Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
  • Psalms 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
  • Jeremiah 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in…
  • Ezekiel 21:21–22For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. In his right hand appears the portent for…
  • Micah 3:5This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

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  • 4:9 in some Bibles
  • 3:9 in most Bibles

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