Joel 3:10

Joel 3:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
• New International Version (NIV)Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

Context of Joel 3:10

8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the people of Sheba, a nation that is far away.” The Lord has spoken. 9Announce this among the nations: Prepare yourselves for war. Wake up the warriors. Have all the warriors come near and attack. Hammer your plowblades into swords and your pruning shears into spears. Weaklings should say that they are warriors. 11Hurry from every direction, and gather there, all you nations. O Lord, bring your soldiers. 12Wake up, you nations. Come to the valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Joel 3:10 word by word

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Beatכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
• your plowsharesאֵת'êth · plowshareH855
• into swordsחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and your pruninghooksמַזְמֵרָהmazmêrâh · pruning-knifeH4211
• into spearsרֹ֫מַחrômach · spearH7420
• let the weakחַלָּשׁchallâsh · weakH2523
• sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• strongגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368

Cross-references for Joel 3:10

• Isaiah 2:4Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle arguments between many people. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.
• Micah 4:3Then he will judge disputes between many people and settle arguments between many nations far and wide. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again.
• Luke 22:36Then he said to them, “But now, the person who has a wallet and a traveling bag should take them along. The person who doesn’t have a sword should sell his coat and buy one.
• 2 Chronicles 25:8If you go into battle with them, no matter how courageous you are, God will use the enemy to defeat you, because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.”
• Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will defend those who live in Jerusalem so that even those who stumble will be like David, and David’s family will be like God, like the Messenger of the Lord ahead of them.

Commentaries on Joel 3:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Beat your plowshares into swords - Peace had been already promised, as a blessing of the gospel. “In His days,” foretold Solomon, “shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace, so long as the moon endureth” Psalm 72:7. And another, “He maketh thy borders peace” Psalm 147:14. Peace within with God flows forth in peace with man. “Righteousness and peace kissed each other” Psalm 85:10. Where there is not rest in God, all is unrest. And so, all which…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 Here is a challenge to all the enemies of God's people. There is no escaping God's judgments; hardened sinners, in that day of wrath, shall be cut off from all comfort and joy. Most of the prophets foretell the same final victory of the church of God over all that oppose it. To the wicked it will be a terrible day, but to the righteous it will be a joyful day. What cause have those who possess an interest in Christ, to glory in their Strength…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Beat your plowshares into swords: This command deliberately reverses the picture of peace found in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3. Instead of laying down weapons, the nations were told to prepare for war. Joel ordered them to gather every possible resource for the coming battle. Even those who were weak and not fit for war were told to become soldiers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Beat your ploughshares into swords--As the foes are desired to "beat their ploughshares into swords, and their pruning hooks into spears," that so they may perish in their unhallowed attack on Judah and Jerusalem, so these latter, and the nations converted to God by them, after the overthrow of the antichristian confederacy, shall, on the contrary, "beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks," when under Messiah's coming…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 3:10

• Hooks
• Joel
• Plowshare
• Pruning
• Spear
• Sword

In the dictionaries

• Coulter
• Flow
• Harvest
• Hook
• Hope
• Wake
• Armor; Arms
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Grecians; Greeks
• Joel (2)

Commentaries on Joel 3

• 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