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Joel 2:6
6Nations that see them are very afraid. Every face changes colour.
Joel 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
- New International Version (NIV)At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Before them the people writhe in pain; All faces are drained of color.
Context of Joel 2:6
4They look like horses. And they run fast to the war. 5Their noise is like the noise of many feet. They jump over the mountains as fast as fire burns dry grass. They are like a great army ready for a fight. Nations that see them are very afraid. Every face changes colour. 7They run together like an army into a fight. They climb walls like soldiers. They march on in a straight line. They do not turn away. 8They do not push each other away. Each one of them goes straight on. You can put weapons in their path but they go straight on.
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:6 word by word
מִפָּנָ֖יו יָחִ֣ילוּ עַמִּ֑ים כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joel 2:6
- Psalms 119:83I am like an old wineskin that has become useless. But I have not forgotten your rules.
- Isaiah 13:8They will be very afraid. Their bodies will hurt with great pain, like a woman who is giving birth. They will look at each other, as their faces show fear and pain.
- Jeremiah 8:21I am very upset because my dear people have so much pain. I weep and I cry, as if a friend had died.
- Jeremiah 30:6Think carefully about this. Do men ever give birth to babies? So why are these strong men weak with pain? They seem like a woman who is giving birth. All their faces have become white with fear.
- Lamentations 4:8Now their faces are dirty and black. People see them in the streets, but they do not recognize them. Their skin hangs on their bones. Their skin is as dry as wood for a fire.
- Nahum 2:10They take the valuable things from the city. They take everything that they can. And they destroy everything else. The people are very sad. Their knees and their bodies shake. Their faces become white because they are afraid.
Commentaries on Joel 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6All faces shall gather blackness - Universal mourning shall take place, because they know that such a plague is irresistible.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Before their face the people shall be much pained - The locust being such a scourge of God, good reason have men to be terrified at their approach; and those are most terrified who have most felt the affliction. In Abyssinia, some province of which was desolated every year, one relates, “When the locusts travel, the people know of it a day before, not because they see them, but they see the sun yellow and the ground yellow, through the shadow which they…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Nations writhe in horror before them: Anticipating the invasion prepared the people for the call to repentance in Joel 2:12–14.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. much pained--namely, with terror. The Arab proverb is, "More terrible than the locusts." faces shall gather blackness--(Is 13:8; Jr 30:6; Na 2:10). Maurer translates, "withdraw their brightness," that is, wax pale, lose color (compare Joe 2:10; Joe 3:15).Read the comment
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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
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