Joel 2:6

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

4Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run. 5With a noise as of chariots They leap about on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people drawn up for battle. Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale. 7They run like warriors, They climb the wall like soldiers; And each of them marches in line, Nor do they lose their way. 8They do not crowd each other, Every warrior of them marches in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.

Joel 2:6 word by word

מִפָּנָ֖יו יָחִ֣ילוּ עַמִּ֑ים כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃Read the interlinear

• Beforeמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• them the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• areחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: trembleH2342
• anguishחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: writh in painH2342
• Allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• turnקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• paleפָּארוּרpâ'rûr · glowH6289

Cross-references for Joel 2:6

• Psalms 119:83Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
• Isaiah 13:8They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame.
• Jeremiah 8:21I am broken over the brokenness of the daughter of my people. I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.
• Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his waist, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale?
• Lamentations 4:8Their appearance is darker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is dry, it has become like wood.
• Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees wobbling! Also trembling is in the entire body, And all their faces have become pale!

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

Topics related to Joel 2:6

• Blackness
• Colors
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joel
• War

In the dictionaries

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

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