New Living Translation
Joel 2:6
6Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with terror.
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
4They look like horses; they charge forward like warhorses. 5Look at them as they leap along the mountaintops. Listen to the noise they make—like the rumbling of chariots, like the roar of fire sweeping across a field of stubble, or like a mighty army moving into battle. Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with terror. 7The attackers march like warriors and scale city walls like soldiers. Straight forward they march, never breaking rank. 8They never jostle each other; each moves in exactly the right position. They break through defenses without missing a step.
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:6 word by word
מִפָּנָ֖יו יָחִ֣ילוּ עַמִּ֑ים כָּל־פָּנִ֖ים קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Joel 2:6
- Psalms 119:83I am shriveled like a wineskin in the smoke, but I have not forgotten to obey your decrees.
- Isaiah 13:8and people are terrified. Pangs of anguish grip them, like those of a woman in labor. They look helplessly at one another, their faces aflame with fear.
- Jeremiah 8:21I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief.
- Jeremiah 30:6Now let me ask you a question: Do men give birth to babies? Then why do they stand there, ashen-faced, hands pressed against their sides like a woman in labor?
- Lamentations 4:8But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard as wood.
- Nahum 2:10Soon the city is plundered, empty, and ruined. Hearts melt and knees shake. The people stand aghast, their faces pale and trembling.
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
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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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