Joel 3:13

Joel 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
• New International Version (NIV)Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow— so great is their wickedness!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in, tread, for the winepress is full. The vats overflow, for their evil is great.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread the grapes, for the winepress is full. The storage vats are overflowing with the wickedness of these people.”

Context of Joel 3:13

11Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O Lord. 12“Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great.” 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars will diminish their brightness.

Joel 3:13 word by word

שִׁלְח֣וּ מַגָּ֔ל כִּ֥י בָשַׁ֖ל קָצִ֑יר בֹּ֤אֽוּ רְדוּ֙ כִּֽי־מָ֣לְאָה גַּ֔ת הֵשִׁ֙יקוּ֙ הַיְקָבִ֔ים כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה רָעָתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Putשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
• ye in the sickleמַגָּלmaggâl · sickleH4038
• for the harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• is ripeבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• get you downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• for the pressגַּתgath · wine pressH1660
• is fullמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the fatsיֶ֫קֶבyeqeb · wineH3342
• overflowשׁוּקshûq · to overflowH7783
• for their wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Joel 3:13

• Deuteronomy 16:9“You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain.
• Mark 4:29But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
• Revelation 14:15And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Thrust in Your sickle and reap, for the time has come for You to reap, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
• Jeremiah 51:33For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor When it is time to thresh her; Yet a little while And the time of her harvest will come.”
• Hosea 6:11Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.
• Matthew 13:39The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels.
• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the winepress alone, And from the peoples no one was with Me. For I have trodden them in My anger, And trampled them in My fury; Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments, And I have stained all My robes.
• Lamentations 1:15“The Lord has trampled underfoot all my mighty men in my midst; He has called an assembly against me To crush my young men; The Lord trampled as in a winepress The virgin daughter of Judah.
• Revelation 14:17Then another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
• Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord.
• Genesis 15:16But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
• Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

Commentaries on Joel 3:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Put ye in the sickle - The destruction of his enemies is represented here under the metaphor of reaping down the harvest; and of gathering the grapes, and treading them in the wine-presses.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe - So Jesus saith, “let both grow together until the harvest, and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them;” and this He explains, “The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the Angels” Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:39. He then who saith, “put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe,” is the Son of Man, who, before He…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. 13God would defeat the nations completely. He would judge them like a sickle that cuts down grain at harvest time. He would also judge them like workers who crush grapes in a winepress until nothing remains (see Isaiah 63:2–3; Revelation 14:14–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Direction to the ministers of vengeance to execute God's wrath, as the enemy's wickedness is come to its full maturity. God does not cut off the wicked at once, but waits till their guilt is at its full (so as to the Amorites' iniquity, Ge 15:16), to show forth His own long-suffering, and the justice of their doom who have so long abused it (Mt 13:27-30, 38, 40; Re 14:15-19). For the image of a harvest to be threshed, compare Jr 51:33; and a…Read the comment

Topics related to Joel 3:13

• Harvest
• Joel
• Sickle
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Flow
• Harvest
• Hope
• Sickle
• Wake
• Winepress
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Get; Getting
• 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