New International Version
Joel 2:22
22Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
Joel 2:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Fear not, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit; the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; For the open pastures are springing up, And the tree bears its fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field, for the wilderness pastures will soon be green. The trees will again be filled with fruit; fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.
Context of Joel 2:22
20“I will drive the northern horde far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.” Surely he has done great things! 21Do not be afraid, land of Judah; be glad and rejoice. Surely the Lord has done great things! Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches. 23Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. 24The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:22 word by word
אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ בַּהֲמ֣וֹת שָׂדַ֔י כִּ֥י דָשְׁא֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־עֵץ֙ נָשָׂ֣א פִרְי֔וֹ תְּאֵנָ֥ה וָגֶ֖פֶן נָתְנ֥וּ חֵילָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Be not afraidיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
- ye beastsבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
- of the fieldשָׂדַיώâdeh ώâday · fieldH7704
- for the pasturesנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
- of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- do springדָּשָׁאdâshâ' · to sproutH1876
- for the treeעֵץ‛êts · treeH6086
- bearethנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- her fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
- the fig treeתְּאֵנָהte'ên te'ênâh · figH8384
- and the vineגֶּ֫פֶןgephen · vineH1612
- do yieldנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- their strengthחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
Cross-references for Joel 2:22
- Joel 1:18How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.
- Psalms 104:11They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
- Psalms 147:8He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills.
- Isaiah 30:23He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
- Jonah 4:11And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”
- Joel 1:19To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
- Psalms 65:12The grasslands of the wilderness overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness.
- Isaiah 51:3The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.
- Leviticus 26:4I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.
- Psalms 67:6The land yields its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.
- Psalms 107:35He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs;
- Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing.
- Ezekiel 36:8“ ‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon he will send down his roots;
Commentaries on Joel 2:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The reversal of the whole former sentence is continued up to man. The beasts of the field “groaned, were perplexed, cried” unto God; now they are bidden, “be not afraid;” before, “the pastures of the wilderness were devoured by fire;” now, they “spring” with fresh tender life; before, “the fig tree” was “withered, the vine languished;” now, they should “yield their strength, put out their full” vigor. For God was reconciled to His people; and all things…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 The priests and rulers are to appoint a solemn fast. The sinner's supplication is, Spare us, good Lord. God is ready to succour his people; and he waits to be gracious. They prayed that God would spare them, and he answered them. His promises are real answers to the prayers of faith; with him saying and doing are not two things. Some understand these promises figuratively, as pointing to gospel grace, and as fulfilled in the abundant comforts…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22Do not be afraid: God’s great deliverance would be full and complete.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2321-23. In an ascending gradation, the land destroyed by the enemy, the beasts of the field, and the children of Zion, the land's inhabitants, are addressed, the former two by personification. Lord will do great things--In contrast to the "great things" done by the haughty foe (Joe 2:20) to the hurt of Judah stand the "great things" to be done by Jehovah for her benefit (compare Psa 126:2, 3).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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