New American Standard Bible 1995
Joel 3:10
101Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; 2Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”
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
8Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation,” for the Lord has spoken. 9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.” 11Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O Lord, Your mighty ones. 12Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations.
Read all of Joel 3Joel 3:10 word by word
כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Joel 3:10
- Isaiah 2:4And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war.
- Micah 4:3And He will judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they train for war.
- Luke 22:36And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one.
- 2 Chronicles 25:8But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down.”
- Zechariah 12:8In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before 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
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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
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