Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai.
New American Standard Bible
For the
And it will come as
King James Version
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Holman Bible
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
International Standard Version
Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!
A Conservative Version
Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.
American Standard Version
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Amplified
Alas for the day!
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,
And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the
Bible in Basic English
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
Darby Translation
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Julia Smith Translation
Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
King James 2000
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Modern King James verseion
Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and it shall come as a ruin from the Almighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.
NET Bible
How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
New Heart English Bible
Alas for the day. For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from Shaddai.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come.
Webster
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
World English Bible
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Youngs Literal Translation
And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.
Interlinear
Yowm
Yowm
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Lamentation
14 Solemnize a fast! Call an assembly! Gather [the] elders, all [of] the inhabitants of the land [in] the house of Yahweh your God, and cry out to Yahweh. 15 Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai. 16 [Is] not food cut [off] before our eyes, from the house of our God, joy and gladness?
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:7
Alas! For that day [is] great, {there is none like it}. And it [is] a time of distress for Jacob, yet from it he will be delivered.
Ezekiel 7:2-12
"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh to the land of Israel: '[The] end comes, the end on the four corners of the land.
Joel 2:11
And Yahweh {utters} his voice before his army, because his encampment [is] very large; strong [is the] one who carries out his decree, for great [is] the day of Yahweh and exceedingly fearful. Who can endure it?
Joel 2:31
The sun will be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh.
Psalm 37:13
[The] Lord laughs at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
Isaiah 13:6-9
Wail, for the day of Yahweh [is] near; it will come like destruction from Shaddai!
Ezekiel 12:22-28
"Son of man, what [is] this proverb {you people have} about the land of Israel, {saying}, '{The days are prolonged}, and every vision has come to nothing.'
Joel 2:1-2
Blow [the] trumpet in Zion, and sound the alarm on {my holy mountain}! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of Yahweh [is] coming --[it is] indeed near.
Amos 5:16-18
Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, my Lord, "In all [of] the public squares [there will be] wailing, and in all [of] the streets [they will say], 'Alas, alas, alas!' They shall call [the] farmers to mourning and [to] wailing, to those who are skilled [in] lamentation.
Zephaniah 1:14-18
The great day of Yahweh draws near; [it is] near and [coming] very swiftly. The sound of the day of Yahweh [is] bitterness; there, a warrior cries out!
Luke 19:41-44
And when he approached [and] saw the city, he wept over it,
James 5:9
Brothers, do not complain against one another, in order that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors!
Revelation 6:17
because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"