Joel 2:8

Joel 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
• New International Version (NIV)They do not jostle each other; each marches straight ahead. They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They do not jostle one another; each marches in his path; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They do not push one another; Every one marches in his own column. Though they lunge between the weapons, They are not cut down.

Context of Joel 2:8

6Nations 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. They 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. 9They run towards the city. They run along the wall. They climb into houses. They go through the windows like robbers. 10The earth in front of them moves. The sky itself moves. The sun and moon are dark and the stars do not give any light.

Joel 2:8 word by word

וְאִ֤ישׁ אָחִיו֙ לֹ֣א יִדְחָק֔וּן גֶּ֥בֶר בִּמְסִלָּת֖וֹ יֵֽלֵכ֑וּן וּבְעַ֥ד הַשֶּׁ֛לַח יִפֹּ֖לוּ לֹ֥א יִבְצָֽעוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Neither shall oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• thrustדָּחַקdâchaq · to crowdH1766
• anotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• they shall walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• every oneגָּבֶרgeber · great manH1397
• in his pathמְסִלָּהmesillâh · highwayH4546
• they fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• upon the swordשֶׁ֫לַחshelach · missileH7973
• they shall not be woundedבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to endH1214

Cross-references for Joel 2:8

• 2 Chronicles 23:10Then he put the men in their proper places around the king. They all held their weapons in their hands. They stood in a line from the south side of the temple to the north side. They were around the altar at the front of the temple.
• 2 Chronicles 32:5King Hezekiah's men worked hard to repair the city's walls where they had broken. Hezekiah built towers on the walls. He also built another wall outside the first wall. He made the Millo around the City of David stronger, too. He also made many weapons and shields.
• Nehemiah 4:17The men who were carrying materials held them with one hand. They held a weapon in their other hand.
• Job 33:18He keeps people safe from death, so that they do not go to their graves.
• Job 36:12But if they refuse to listen to God, they will go to their graves. They will die and they still will not understand what is right.

Commentaries on Joel 2:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8They shall not be wounded - They have hard scales like a coat of mail; but the expression refers to the utter uselessness of all means to prevent their depredations. See Shaw's account above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8When they fall upon the sword - (literally, “among the darts”) they shall not be wounded It may be that the prophet would describe how the locust seems armed as in a suit of armor. As one says, “Their form was wondrous; they had a sort of gorget round their neck like a lancer, and a helm on their head, such as soldiers wear.” But, more, he exhibits their indomitableness and impenetrableness, how nothing checks, nothing retards, nothing makes any…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 2:8

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joel
• War

In the dictionaries

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

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