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.
• 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.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.

Context of Joel 3:10

8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken. 9Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and attack. Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am strong!” 11Come quickly, all you nations from every side, and assemble there. Bring down your warriors, Lord! 12“Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the nations on every side.

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 2:4He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
• Micah 4:3He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
• Luke 22:36He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
• 2 Chronicles 25:8Even if you go and fight courageously in battle, God will overthrow you before the enemy, for God has the power to help or to overthrow.”
• Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going 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

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