Joel 3:2

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment with them concerning my people and my inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and they have divided up my land.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    I will gather all nations and will bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided my land.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will gather{H6908} all nations,{H1471} and will bring them down{H3381} into the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat;{H3092} and I will execute judgment{H8199} upon them there for my people{H5971} and for my heritage{H5159} Israel,{H3478} whom they have scattered{H6340} among the nations:{H1471} and they have parted{H2505} my land,{H776}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I will also gather{H6908}{(H8765)} all nations{H1471}, and will bring them down{H3381}{(H8689)} into the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat{H3092}, and will plead{H8199}{(H8738)} with them there for my people{H5971} and for my heritage{H5159} Israel{H3478}, whom they have scattered{H6340}{(H8765)} among the nations{H1471}, and parted{H2505}{(H8765)} my land{H776}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I shal gather all people together, & brynge the in to the valley of Iosaphat: and there wil I reason with the, because of my people & heretage of Israel: who they haue scatred aboute in the nacions, & parted my lode:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I will also gather all nations, and wil bring them downe into the valley of Iehoshaphat, & will pleade with them there for my people, & for mine heritage Israel, whom they haue scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I wyll also gather all the gentiles, and cause them to come into the valley of Iehosaphat, and I will pleade with them there for my people and heritage Israel, which they haue scattered amongst the nations, and haue parted my lande.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and [for] my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I will gather all nations, And will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; And I will execute judgment on them there for my people, And for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance -- Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment upon them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations: and they have parted my land,

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I will gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will execute judgment on them there for my people, and for my heritage, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations. They have divided my land,

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations. They partitioned my land,

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 66:16 : 16 For the Lord will execute judgment by fire and by His sword on all mankind, and many will be those slain by the Lord.
  • Zeph 3:8 : 8 Therefore, wait for me, declares the LORD, until the day I rise to testify. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation—all the burning heat of my anger. For in the fire of my jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed.
  • Zech 14:2-4 : 2 For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle, and the city will be captured, the houses will be plundered, and the women violated. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. 3 Then the Lord will go out and fight against those nations, as He fights in a day of battle. 4 On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a very great valley, so that half of the mountain will move northward and the other half southward.
  • Ezek 38:22 : 22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him.
  • Ezek 39:11 : 11 On that day, I will designate a burial place for Gog in Israel, in the Valley of the Travelers east of the sea. It will block the travelers, and there they will bury Gog and all his hordes, and they will call it the Valley of Hamon-Gog.
  • Joel 3:12 : 12 Let the nations be aroused; let them advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD has a case against the nations. He will bring judgment on all mankind and hand over the wicked to the sword,' declares the LORD.
  • Zech 12:3-4 : 3 And on that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who try to lift it will be severely injured, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her. 4 On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the nations with blindness.
  • Ezek 35:10 : 10 Because you said, 'These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will take possession of them,' even though the LORD was there,
  • Rev 16:16 : 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
  • Rev 18:20-21 : 20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced your judgment against her! 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, 'Thus, with violence, Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never be found again.'
  • Rev 19:19-21 : 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf. By these signs he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 The rest were killed by the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
  • Rev 20:8 : 8 He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand on the seashore.
  • 2 Chr 20:26 : 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berakah, where they praised the LORD. That is why it is called the Valley of Berakah to this day.
  • Ezek 36:5 : 5 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Surely in my burning zeal I have spoken against the remnants of the nations and against Edom, who with glee and utter contempt claimed my land as their own possession, plundering its pasturelands.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.
  • Jer 49:1 : 1 Concerning the children of Ammon, this is what the LORD says: Does Israel have no sons? Does he have no heir? Why then has their king taken possession of Gad, and why do his people dwell in its cities?
  • Ezek 25:8 : 8 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because Moab and Seir said, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the other nations,'
  • Jer 12:14 : 14 This is what the LORD says: 'As for all my evil neighbors who harm the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.'
  • Amos 1:11 : 11 Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and suppressed compassion. His anger tore continually, and his wrath remained forever.'
  • Obad 1:10-16 : 10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be cut off forever. 11 On the day you stood aloof, on the day strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. 12 But do not gloat over your brother on the day of his calamity; do not rejoice over the people of Judah on the day of their destruction; and do not boastfully speak on the day of distress. 13 Do not enter the gate of my people on the day of their disaster; do not gloat over their calamity on the day of their disaster; and do not reach out your hand to their wealth on the day of their disaster. 14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, and do not hand over their survivors on the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head. 16 Just as you drank on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually; they will drink and gulp down and be as though they had never been.
  • Zeph 2:8-9 : 8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders. 9 Therefore, as surely as I live—declares the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel—Moab will become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land of weeds and salt pits, a perpetual ruin. The remnant of My people will plunder them, and the survivors of My nation will inherit their land. 10 This will be their lot in return for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Rev 11:18 : 18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, the saints, and those who fear Your name, both small and great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.

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    1 For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Joel 3:11-14
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    11 Hasten and come, all you nations from every side, and gather yourselves there. Bring down, LORD, your mighty ones.

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    3 They cast lots for my people; they traded a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, which they drank.

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    14 This is what the LORD says: 'As for all my evil neighbors who harm the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.'

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    1 Behold, a day is coming for the Lord, when your plunder will be divided in your midst.

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  • Mic 2:12
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  • Jer 25:31
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    3 And on that day, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who try to lift it will be severely injured, and all the nations of the earth will gather against her.

  • Jer 23:3
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  • Zech 12:9
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  • Isa 56:8
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  • 2 Kgs 21:14
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    14 I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and give them into the hands of their enemies. They will become plunder and spoil for all their enemies,

  • Hos 6:11
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