Joel 2:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJoel 2:23 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 →
וּבְנֵ֣י
bên
H1121
son
צִיּ֗וֹן
Tsîyôwn
H6726
Zion
גִּ֤ילוּ
gîyl
H1523
to rejoice
וְשִׂמְחוּ֙
sâmach
H8055
to rejoice
בַּיהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
נָתַ֥ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
לָכֶ֛ם
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה
môwreh
H4175
rain
לִצְדָקָ֑ה
tsᵉdâqâh
H6666
righteousness
וַיּ֣וֹרֶד
yârad
H3381
to go down
לָכֶ֗ם
גֶּ֛שֶׁם
geshem
H1653
rain
מוֹרֶ֥ה
môwreh
H4175
rain
וּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ
malqôwsh
H4456
spring rain
בָּרִאשֽׁוֹן
riʼshôwn
H7223
first
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
"Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in Yahweh, your God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain, As before.
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King James Version Public Domain
Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And be glad, sons of Zion, and rejoice in Yahweh your God, for he has given to you the early rain for vindication and has brought down the shower to you, the early rain and the late rain in the first.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).