Joel 1:6

Joel 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
• New International Version (NIV)A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; its teeth are lions' teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For a nation has come up against My land, Strong, and without number; His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a fierce lion.

Context of Joel 1:6

4The great locusts have eaten what the big group of locusts left. The young locusts have eaten what the great locusts left. Other locusts have eaten what the young locusts left. 5Wake up, you who have drunk too much wine! Cry, all people who drink wine! Cry because you will have no new wine. Someone has taken it away from you. A strong army has marched into my land. It is powerful, and great in numbers. It has the teeth of a strong animal. And the teeth are long and dangerous. 7It has broken my vines. It has destroyed my fig trees. It has eaten the outside of the trees. It has thrown them away. It has left their branches white. 8Cry like a girl that no man ever loved. She is crying because her promised husband is dead.

Joel 1:6 word by word

כִּֽי־גוֹי֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־אַרְצִ֔י עָצ֖וּם וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• upon my landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• strongעָצוּם‛âtsûm ‛âtsûm · mightyH6099
• and without numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• whose teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• of a lionאַרְיֵה'ărîy 'aryêh · lionH738
• and he hath the cheek teethמְתַלְּעוֹתmethalle‛âh · jawH4973
• of a great lionלָבִיאlâbîy' lebîyâ' lebâ'îym lebâ'ôth · lionH3833

Cross-references for Joel 1:6

• Joel 2:2That day will be sad and dark. There will be dark clouds. A great big army is coming. It comes across the sky like light in the morning. A great army like this has never come before. And it will never come again in future years.
• Proverbs 30:25Ants are not very strong, but they prepare their food in the summer.
• Isaiah 8:8Its water will come as a flood into Judah. It will cover the land and it will rise as high as people's necks! He will make his wings very wide to cover all your land, Immanuel.’
• Isaiah 32:13Weep because of what has happened to my people's land. Only thorn bushes and weeds grow there. Weep because there are no longer any happy homes. There are no more parties in the city.
• Hosea 9:3The Israelites will not remain in the Lord's land. They will have to return to Egypt. In Assyria, they will have to eat food that is unclean.
• Proverbs 30:14There are some people who are very cruel. Their teeth are like swords and sharp knives. They want to eat up all the poor and helpless people, so that they disappear from the earth.
• Revelation 9:7The locusts were like horses that were ready to fight in a war. They wore something on their heads that seemed to be gold crowns. Their faces looked like human faces.

Commentaries on Joel 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6A nation is come up upon my land - That real locusts are intended there can be little doubt; but it is thought that this may be a double prophecy, and that the destruction by the Chaldeans may also be intended, and that the four kinds of locusts mentioned above may mean the four several attacks made on Judea by them. The first in the last year of Nabonassar, (father of Nebuchadnezzar), which was the third of Jehoiakim; the second when Jehoiakim was taken…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For a nation is come up upon my land - He calls this scourge of God a “nation,” giving them the title most used in Holy Scripture, of pagan nations. The like term, “people, folk,” is used of the “ants” and the “conies” Proverbs 30:25-26, for the wisdom with which God teaches them to act. Here it is used, in order to include at once, the irrational invader, guided by a Reason above its own, and the pagan conqueror. This enemy, he says, is “come up” (for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20The prophet Joel describes a severe locust plague that struck Judah and Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. nation--applied to the locusts, rather than "people" (Pr 30:25, 26), to mark not only their numbers, but also their savage hostility; and also to prepare the mind of the hearer for the transition to the figurative locusts in the second chapter, namely, the "nation" or Gentile foe coming against Judea (compare Joe 2:2). my land--that is, Jehovah's; which never would have been so devastated were I not pleased to inflict punishment (Joe 2:18; Is 14:25; Jr…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 1:6

• Lion
• Locust
• Nation

In the dictionaries

• Cheek Teeth
• Joel (2)
• Locust

Commentaries on Joel 1

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings