Joel 2:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 23:10 : 10 And he put all the people in position, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, by the altar and the house and all round the king.
  • 2 Chr 32:5 : 5 Then he took heart, building up the wall where it was broken down, and making its towers higher, and building another wall outside; and he made strong the Millo in the town of David, and got together a great store of all sorts of instruments of war.
  • Neh 4:17 : 17 Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;
  • Neh 4:23 : 23 So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.
  • Job 33:18 : 18 To keep back his soul from the underworld, and his life from destruction.
  • Job 36:12 : 12 But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.
  • Song 4:13 : 13 The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,

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