Joel 3:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Let the nations be stirred up, and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Let the nations be aroused; let them advance to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let the nations{H1471} bestir{H5782} themselves, and come up{H5927} to the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat;{H3092} for there will I sit{H3427} to judge{H8199} all the nations{H1471} round about.{H5439}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Let the heathen{H1471} be wakened{H5782}{(H8735)}, and come up{H5927}{(H8799)} to the valley{H6010} of Jehoshaphat{H3092}: for there will I sit{H3427}{(H8799)} to judge{H8199}{(H8800)} all the heathen{H1471} round about{H5439}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Let the people aryse, and get them to the valley of Iosaphat: for there wil I syt, and iudge all Heithe roude aboute.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let the heathen be wakened, and come vp to the valley of Iehoshaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all the heathen round about.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Let the heathen arise and come vp to the valley of Iehosaphat: for there will I sit to iudge all nations rounde about.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "Let the nations arouse themselves, And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; For there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Wake and come up let the nations unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I sit to judge all the nations around.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    See, I will have them moved from the place where you have sent them, and will let what you have done come back on your head;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations.

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 3:2 : 2 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.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
  • Isa 2:4 : 4 And He shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
  • Isa 3:13 : 13 The LORD stands up to plead and stands to judge the people.
  • Ps 7:6 : 6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies; and awake for me to the judgment you have commanded.
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
  • Mic 4:3 : 3 And He shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations far off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
  • Zech 14:4 : 4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall split in the midst toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.
  • Ps 110:5-6 : 5 The Lord at your right hand will strike through kings in the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge among the nations, he will fill the places with dead bodies; he will wound the heads over many countries.
  • Ps 76:8-9 : 8 You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still, 9 When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
  • 2 Chr 20:26 : 26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the LORD; therefore the name of that place was called the Valley of Berachah until this day.
  • Ps 2:8-9 : 8 Ask of me, and I shall give you the nations for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. 9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  • Ezek 30:3 : 3 For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it will be the time of the nations.
  • Ezek 39:11 : 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give Gog a place there for graves in Israel, the valley of the travelers on the east of the sea: and it shall block the way of the travelers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The Valley of Hamongog.

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