Joel 2:9

Joel 2:9 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)They rush upon the city; they run along the wall. They climb into the houses; like thieves they enter through the windows.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls, they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They run to and fro in the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief.

Context of Joel 2:9

7They run like warriors; They climb the wall like soldiers. They each march [straight ahead] in line, And they do not deviate from their paths. 8They do not crowd each other; Each one marches in his path. When they burst through the defenses (weapons), They do not break ranks. They rush over the city, They run on the wall; They climb up into the houses, They enter at the windows like a thief. 10The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. 11The Lord utters His voice before His army, For His camp is very great, Because strong and powerful is he who [obediently] carries out His word. For the day of the Lord is indeed great and very terrible [causing dread]; Who can endure it?

Joel 2:9 word by word

בָּעִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽחוֹמָה֙ יְרֻצ֔וּן בַּבָּתִּ֖ים יַעֲל֑וּ בְּעַ֧ד הַחַלּוֹנִ֛ים יָבֹ֖אוּ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall run to and froשָׁקַקshâqaq · to rushH8264
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• they shall runרוּץrûts · to run: runH7323
• upon the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• they shall climb upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upon the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• they shall enter inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• at the windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• like a thiefגַּנָּבgannâb · thiefH1590

Cross-references for Joel 2:9

• Exodus 10:6your houses and those of all your servants and of all the Egyptians shall be filled with locusts, as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from their birth until this day.’ ” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
• Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces, Cutting off the children from the streets And the young men from the town squares.
• John 10:1“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up from some other place [on the stone wall], that one is a thief and a robber.

Commentaries on Joel 2:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9They shall run to and fro in the city - “The city” is questionless Jerusalem. So to the Romans, “the city” meant Rome; to the Athenians, Athens; among ourselves, “town” or “the city” are idiomatic names for the whole of London or “the city of London.” In Wales “town” is, with the country people, the neighboring town with which alone they are familiar. There is no ambiguity in the living language. In Guernsey, one who should call Port Pierre by any other…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The locusts invaded both cities and farms, moving like a well-trained army. They scaled city walls and swarmed over the city. They found every way to enter, even climbing through windows like thieves.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. Depicting the regular military order of their advance, "One locust not turning a nail's breadth out of his own place in the march" [Jerome]. Compare Pr 30:27, "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands."Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 2:9

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joel
• War

In the dictionaries

• Darkness
• Fat
• Locust
• Pour
• Rend
• Reproach
• Thrust
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Joel (2)
• Fasts

Commentaries on Joel 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings