New King James Version
Joel 2:22
22Do 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.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- 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 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“But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things.” 21Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the Lord has done marvelous things! 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. 23Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you— The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. 24The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall 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 animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, Because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
- Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
- Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- Psalms 145:15The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.
- Psalms 147:8Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
- Isaiah 30:23Then He will give the rain for your seed With which you sow the ground, And bread of the increase of the earth; It will be fat and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed In large pastures.
- Jonah 4:11And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”
- Joel 1:19O Lord, to You I cry out; For fire has devoured the open pastures, And a flame has burned all the trees of the field.
- Psalms 65:12They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side.
- Isaiah 51:3For the Lord will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the Lord; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
- Leviticus 26:4then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
- Psalms 67:6Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us.
- Psalms 107:35He turns a wilderness into pools of water, And dry land into watersprings.
- Ezekiel 34:26I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing.
- Ezekiel 36:8But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
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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