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.
• New International Version (NIV)Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling 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.’ ”

Context of Joel 3:10

8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for Yhwh hath spoken it. 9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Yhwh. 12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

Joel 3:10 word by word

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• 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 2:4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
• Micah 4:3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
• Luke 22:36Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
• 2 Chronicles 25:8But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
• Zechariah 12:8In that day shall Yhwh defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of Yhwh 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
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• Hook
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• 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