Joel 2:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his chamber and the bride from her wedding canopy.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    gather{H622} the people,{H5971} sanctify{H6942} the assembly,{H6951} assemble{H6908} the old{H2205} men, gather{H622} the children,{H5768} and those that suck{H3243} the breasts;{H7699} let the bridegroom{H2860} go forth{H3318} from his chamber,{H2315} and the bride{H3618} out of her closet.{H2646}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Gather{H622}{(H8798)} the people{H5971}, sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} the congregation{H6951}, assemble{H6908}{(H8798)} the elders{H2205}, gather{H622}{(H8798)} the children{H5768}, and those that suck{H3243}{(H8802)} the breasts{H7699}: let the bridegroom{H2860} go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} of his chamber{H2315}, and the bride{H3618} out of her closet{H2646}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & gather the people together: warne the congregacion, gather the elders, bringe the children & suclynges together. Let ye brydegrome go forth of his chabre, & the bryde out of her closet.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Gather the people: sanctifie the congregation, gather the elders: assemble the children, & those that sucke the breastes: let the bridegrome go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her bride chamber.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Gather the people, gather the elders, assemble the children & suckyng babes: let the bridegrome come foorth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, And the bride out of her chamber.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Gather the people, sanctify an assembly, Assemble the aged, Gather infants and sucklings of the breasts, Go out let a bridegroom from his inner chamber, And a bride out of her closet.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go forth from his room, and the bride out of her room.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 20:13 : 13 All the men of Judah, with their wives, children, and little ones, stood there before the LORD.
  • 1 Cor 7:5 : 5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  • 1 Sam 16:5 : 5 He replied, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
  • Exod 19:10 : 10 The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments.
  • Exod 19:22 : 22 Even the priests who come near the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.
  • 2 Chr 29:5 : 5 He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'
  • 2 Chr 29:23-24 : 23 Finally, the goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them. 24 The priests slaughtered the animals, then took their blood and sprinkled it on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, as the king had commanded, for the burnt offering and the sin offering were for all Israel.
  • 2 Chr 30:17 : 17 Since many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were responsible for slaughtering the Passover lambs for everyone who was not ceremonial clean to dedicate them to the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 30:19 : 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.'
  • 2 Chr 35:6 : 6 Slaughter the Passover lamb, consecrate yourselves, and prepare it for your brothers to carry out the word of the LORD given through Moses.
  • Job 1:5 : 5 When the days of feasting were over, Job would send for them and consecrate them. Rising early in the morning, he would offer burnt offerings for each of them, thinking, 'Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.' Job did this regularly.
  • Ps 19:5 : 5 Yet their message has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens, He has pitched a tent for the sun.
  • Joel 1:14 : 14 Declare a holy fast; proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.
  • Jonah 3:7-8 : 7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water. 8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.
  • Zech 12:11-14 : 11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each family by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves. 13 The family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves. 14 All the remaining families, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves.
  • Matt 9:15 : 15 Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.'
  • Deut 29:10-11 : 10 Your children, your wives, and the resident foreigner who lives among your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water. 11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.
  • Josh 7:13 : 13 Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.’
  • Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Joel 2:15
    86%

    15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion! Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly.

  • Joel 1:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God, for grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

    14 Declare a holy fast; proclaim a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord.

  • Jer 4:5
    73%

    5 Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, saying, 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.'

  • Joel 2:1
    72%

    1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming—it is near.

  • Zeph 2:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation without shame!

    2 Before the decree takes effect, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you, before the day of the Lord's anger comes upon you.

  • Jer 16:9
    72%

    9 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to silence in this place—in your sight and in your days—the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride.

  • Ps 148:12
    71%

    12 young men and young women, old men and children.

  • Joel 2:17
    71%

    17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'

  • Joel 1:8
    70%

    8 Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

  • Zeph 3:18
    70%

    18 I will gather those who grieve over the appointed festivals, who were burdened with disgrace because of her.

  • Isa 26:20
    70%

    20 Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until His wrath has passed by.

  • Matt 25:6
    70%

    6 At midnight, there was a cry: ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him!’

  • Lev 8:3
    70%

    3 And gather the entire congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

  • Jer 9:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17 'Let them come quickly and lift up a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears and our eyelids stream with water.'

    18 'For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: “How devastated we are! We are utterly ashamed, for we have left the land and our dwellings have been cast off.”'

  • Joel 3:11
    69%

    11 Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones.

  • Deut 31:12
    69%

    12 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully follow all the words of this law.

  • Joel 3:9
    69%

    9 Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Arouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men draw near and advance.

  • Hos 2:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 The people of Judah and Israel will come together, appoint one leader, and rise up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

    3 Say to your brothers, 'My people,' and to your sisters, 'She has received mercy.'

  • Jer 25:10
    69%

    10 I will banish from them the sound of joy and gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the bride, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

  • Num 8:9
    69%

    9 Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.

  • Jer 7:34
    69%

    34 I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and groom, in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

  • Isa 62:5
    69%

    5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

  • Jer 2:2
    69%

    2 Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the LORD says: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

  • Isa 22:12
    69%

    12 In that day the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, called you to weeping, wailing, shaving your heads, and wearing sackcloth.

  • Lam 2:10
    69%

    10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and dressed themselves in sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground in despair.

  • Isa 66:11
    68%

    11 For you will nurse and be satisfied from her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing glory.

  • Isa 62:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9 But those who harvest it will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

    10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Clear the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway; remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations!

  • Zeph 1:7
    68%

    7 Be silent in the presence of the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; He has set apart His invited guests.

  • Mic 2:12
    68%

    12 I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will place them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture—a noisy throng of people.

  • Num 10:3
    68%

    3 When both are blown, the whole assembly shall gather to you at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

  • Num 10:7
    68%

    7 When calling the assembly together, you shall blow the trumpets, but do not sound an alarm.

  • 2 Chr 34:29
    68%

    29 Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Hos 2:14
    68%

    14 I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thought were her wages from her lovers. I will turn them into a thicket, and wild animals will devour them.

  • 2 Chr 29:15
    68%

    15 They gathered their fellow Levites, consecrated themselves, and went in as the king commanded, in accordance with the words of the LORD, to purify the house of the LORD.

  • Jer 31:13
    68%

    13 The young women will rejoice and dance, and the young men and the old together. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them and give them gladness in place of sorrow.

  • Amos 8:13
    68%

    13 In that day, the beautiful young women and the strong young men will faint from thirst.

  • Deut 20:7
    68%

    7 If anyone is engaged to a woman but has not yet married her, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another man marry her.

  • Jer 6:11
    68%

    11 But I am full of the wrath of the Lord, and I am weary of holding it in. Pour it out on the children in the streets and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be taken, the old and those advanced in years.

  • Exod 19:15
    68%

    15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'

  • Amos 4:3
    68%

    3 You will go out through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,' declares the LORD.

  • Rev 19:7
    68%

    7 Let us rejoice and be glad, and give Him glory, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has prepared herself.

  • Ezek 16:37
    68%

    37 therefore I am going to gather all your lovers with whom you found pleasure, those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from every side, and I will expose your nakedness to them, so they may see all your shame.

  • Lam 1:4
    67%

    4 The roads to Zion mourn, for no one comes to her appointed festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she is in bitter anguish.

  • Jer 33:11
    67%

    11 The sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bridegroom and the bride, the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the Lord, saying, 'Give thanks to the Lord Almighty, for the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever,' will again be heard. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first, says the Lord.

  • Ezra 10:7
    67%

    7 A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.