Joel 1:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoel 1:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
גוֹי֙
gôwy
H1471
nation
עָלָ֣ה
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
אַרְצִ֔י
ʼerets
H776
land
עָצ֖וּם
ʻâtsûwm
H6099
mighty
וְאֵ֣ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
מִסְפָּ֑ר
miçpâr
H4557
number
שִׁנָּיו֙
shên
H8127
tooth
שִׁנֵּ֣י
shên
H8127
tooth
אַרְיֵ֔ה
ʼărîy
H738
lion
וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת
mᵉthallᵉʻâh
H4973
teeth
לָבִ֖יא
lâbîyʼ
H3833
lion
לֽוֹ
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a lioness.
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King James Version Public Domain
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For a nation has come up against my land, strong and without number. Its teeth the teeth of a lion, and the fangs of a lioness to it.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).