Joel 2:3

American Standard Version (1901)

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

ASV Byzantine Text

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nihcae ih hmabang loe hmai mah kangh moe, nihcae hnukbang doeh hmaipalai mah kangh; nihcae mah tuh ai nathuem ah prae loe Eden takha baktiah oh, nihcae mah tuk pacoengah prae loe kapong sut praezaek baktiah oh; ue, nihcae loe mi doeh loih o mak ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A maelhmai ah hmai loh a hlawp tih a hnukah khaw hmaisai a hlawp. A mikhmuh kah te diklai Eden dum bangla om tih a hnuk tah khosoek khopong la om. Te dongah anih lamkah loeihnah khaw om pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A maelhmai ah hmai loh a hlawp tih a hnukah khaw hmaisai a hlawp. A mikhmuh kah te diklai Eden dum bangla om tih a hnuk tah khosoek khopong la om. Te dongah anih lamkah loeihnah khaw om pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E ai ana ke ahi imua ona, A mahope ona, he lapalapa e hoopau ana. Me ka mala o Edena, pela ka aina mamua ona; A mahope ona, me he waoakua la; Aole hoi e pakele kekahi mea ia ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Tankou dife, yo devore tou sa ki devan yo. Yo pa kite anyen kote yo pase. Anvan yo te vini, peyi a te tankou yon ti paradi. Lè yo fin pase, li tounen yon dezè san anyen ladan l'. Anyen pa chape anba dan yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ante faciem ejus ignis vorans, et post eum exurens flamma. Quasi hortus voluptatis terra coram eo, et post eum solitudo deserti, neque est qui effugiat eum.

Bible in Basic English

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Devant lui un feu dévore, et une flamme brûle après lui ; devant lui le pays est comme le jardin d’Éden, et après lui, la solitude d’un désert ; et rien ne lui échappe.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Před tváří jeho oheň zžírati bude, a za ním plamen plápolati; před ním země tato jako zahrada Eden, ale po něm bude poušť přehrozná, a aniž bude, což by ušlo před ním.

Kosraean Bible

Elos kangla ma kap fin acn uh oana in e uh pa esukla. Meet liki elos tuku, acn uh oana Ima Eden, Tukun elos som, acn uh mwesisla. Wangin ma ku in kaingla lukelos.

World Portuguese Bible

Um fogo devora diante deles, e atrás deles, uma chama arde. A terra é como o jardim do Éden diante deles, e atrás deles, um deserto desolado. Sim, e ninguém escapou deles.

Romanian BTF Bible

Un foc mistuie înaintea lor; şi în spatele lor o flacără arde; ţara este ca grădina Edenului înaintea lor şi în spatele lor o pustie părăsită; da, şi nimic nu le va scăpa.

Brenton English Septuagint

Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ကျိုင်း​ကောင်​တို့​၏​ရှေ့​နှင့်​နောက်​တွင်​သီး​နှံ​ပင်​များ​ကို မီး​ကဲ့​သို့​ကိုက်​စား​ကြ​၏။ မြေ​ကြီး​သည်​သူ​တို့​၏​ရှေ့​၌​ဧ​ဒင်​ဥ​ယျာဉ်​နှင့် တူ​၍ သူ​တို့​၏​နောက်​တွင်​မူ​ကား၊သီး​နှံ​ပင်​ကင်း​မဲ့​သည့် သဲ​ကန္တာ​ရ​နှင့်​တူ​၏။ သူ​တို့​၏​ဘေး​အန္တ​ရာယ်​မှ​လွတ်​မြောက်​သည့် အ​သီး​အ​နှံ​ဟူ​၍​မ​ရှိ။

Darby Translation

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Vor ihm her verzehrt das Feuer, und nach ihm lodert die Flamme; vor ihm ist das Land wie der Garten Eden, und nach ihm eine öde Wüste, und auch keine Entronnenen läßt es übrig.

Dutch Bible 1917

Voor hetzelve verteert een vuur, en achter hetzelve brandt een vlam; het land is voor hetzelve als een lusthof, maar achter hetzelve een woeste wildernis, en ook is er geen ontkomen van hetzelve.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Vóór hen uit verterend vuur, Laaiende vlammen achter hen aan; Vóór hen is de aarde een paradijs, Achter hen een naakte woestijn; Niets blijft er over, Dat hun ontsnapt!

Italian Diodati Bible

Davanti a lui un fuoco divora, e dietro a lui una fiamma divampa; la terra è davanti a lui come il giardino di Eden , e dietro a lui è un deserto di desolazione; ed anche egli non lascia nulla di resto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Before the face thereof a devouring fire, and behind it a burning flame: the land is like a garden of pleasure before it, and behind it a desolate wilderness, neither is there any one that can escape it.

Geneva Bible 1599

A fire deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the land is as the garden of Eden before him, and behinde him a desolate wildernesse, so that nothing shall escape him.

Noyes Bible

A fire devoureth before them, And behind them a flame burneth; The land is as the garden of Eden before them. And behind them a desolate wilderness! Yea, nothing escapeth them.

Danish Bible 1931

Foran det æder Ild, og bag det flammer Lue; foran det er Landet som Eden og bag det en øde Ørk; fra det slipper ingen bort.

Leeser Tanakh

Before it devoureth a fire; and behind it singeth a flame: like the garden of 'Eden was the land before it [came], and after it is a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing escapeth from it.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame blazeth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing escapeth them.

King James Version

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

King James Version + Apocrypha

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Trước mặt nó, có lửa thiêu nuốt, sau lưng nó, có ngọn lửa cháy tiêu. Lúc trước nó, đất nầy như vườn Ê-đen; khi sau nó, ấy là một đồng vắng hoang vu, và không có chi trốn khỏi nó hết.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

A fire devoureth before them; And behind them a flame burneth: The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them a desolate wilderness; Yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku kai ʻe he afi ʻi honau ʻao; pea ʻoku vela ʻae ulo afi ʻi honau tuʻa: ko e fonua ʻoku hangē ko e ngoue ko Iteni ʻi honau ʻao, pea ki mui ʻiate kinautolu ʻoku hangē ko e toafa kuo lala; ʻio, pea ʻe ʻikai hao ha meʻa meiate kinautolu.

French Ostervald Bible

Un feu dévore devant lui, et derrière lui une flamme consume. Avant lui le pays était un jardin d'Éden, après lui c'est un désert affreux, et il n'y a rien qui lui échappe.

Esperanto Bible

Antaŭ ĝi ekstermas fajro, kaj post ĝi bruligas flamo; antaŭ ĝi la lando estas kiel la Edena ĝardeno, kaj post ĝi absoluta dezerto; kaj neniu saviĝos de ĝi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Devant lui est un feu dévorant, Et derrière lui une flamme brûlante; Le pays était auparavant comme un jardin d’Éden, Et depuis, c’est un désert affreux: Rien ne lui échappe.

German Luther Bible 1912

Vor ihm her geht ein verzehrend Feuer und nach ihm eine brennende Flamme. Das Land ist vor ihm wie ein Lustgarten, aber nach ihm wie eine wüste Einöde, und niemand wird ihm entgehen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

British English Septuagint 2012

Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

Majority Standard BIble

Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.

Webster Bible

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; and nothing shall escape them.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Before them the fire devours, and behind them a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before them, and after them it is a desolate desert, nothing escapes them.

Open English Bible (US)

Before them the fire devours, and behind them a flame burns; like the garden of Eden is the land before them, and after them it is a desolate desert, nothing escapes them.

Revised Version

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Davanti a lui un fuoco divora, e dietro a lui divampa una fiamma; prima di lui, il paese era come un giardino d’Eden; dopo di lui, è un desolato deserto; nulla gli sfugge.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Devant eux, un feu dévore, et derrière eux, une flamme brûle. Le pays est comme le jardin d'Éden devant eux, et derrière eux, c'est un désert aride. Oui, personne ne leur échappe.

Reina Valera 1909

Delante de él consumirá fuego, tras de él abrasará llama; como el huerto de Edén será la tierra delante de él, y detrás de él como desierto asolado; ni tampoco habrá quien de él escape.

Spanish BLL

Un fuego devora todo a su paso, y detrás de ellos arde una llama. Antes de que lleguen, la tierra es como el jardín del Edén; pero después de que pasan, queda como un desierto desolado. ¡Nada se escapa de ellos!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Delante de ellos consume el fuego, y detrás de ellos arde una llama. Como el huerto del Edén es la tierra delante de ellos, y detrás de ellos, un desierto desolado; sí, y nada escapará de ellos.

Croatian Bible

Pred njim oganj proždire, za njim plamen guta. Zemlja je k'o vrt rajski pred njim, a za njim pustinja tužna. Ništa mu ne umiče.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Pred njim proždire oganj, a za njim pali plamen; zemlja je pred njim kao vrt edemski, a za njim pustinja pusta, ništa neće uteći od njega.

German Textbibel

Vor ihm her frißt das Feuer und hinter ihm drein sengt die Flamme. Ist wie Edens Garten das Land vor ihm gewesen, so liegt es hinter ihm als eine wüste Trist, und vor ihm gab es kein Entrinnen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

לְפָנָיו֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֵ֔שׁ וְאַחֲרָ֖יו תְּלַהֵ֣ט לֶֽהָבָ֑ה כְּגַן־עֵ֨דֶן הָאָ֜רֶץ לְפָנָ֗יו וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ מִדְבַּ֣ר שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְגַם־פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֥יְתָה לּֽוֹ׃

World English Bible

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World English Bible (Catholic)

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World English Bible British Edition

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World English Bible Classic

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World English Bible Updated

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World Messianic Bible

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

Young's Literal Translation

Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden [is] the land before it, And after it a wilderness — a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,

SEPTUAGINTA

τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πῦρ ἀναλίσκον, καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀναπτομένη φλόξ· ὡς παράδεισος τρυφῆς ἡ γῆ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ, καὶ ἀνασῳζόμενος οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ.

Brenton Septuagint

Τὰ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πῦρ ἀναλίσκον, καὶ τὰ ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ἀναπτομένη φλόξ· ὡς παράδεισος τρυφῆς ἡ γῆ πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ πεδίον ἀφανισμοῦ, καὶ ἀνασωζόμενος οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῷ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Арде фокул ынаинтя луй ши пылпые флакэра дупэ ел. Ынаинтя луй, цара ера ка о грэдинэ а Еденулуй ши, дупэ ел, есте ун пустиу стерп; нимик ну-й скапэ.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Поперед його — огонь пожераючий, а позад його — поломє палаюче; поперед його земля, мов би сад Едемський, а позад його — пустиня порожня, і нїкому не буде рятунку від його.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Поперед його — огонь пожераючий, а позад його — поломє палаюче; поперед його земля, мов би сад Едемський, а позад його — пустиня порожня, і нїкому не буде рятунку від його.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Пред њим прождире огањ, а за њим пали пламен; земља је пред њим као врт едемски, а за њим пустиња пуста, ништа неће утећи од њега.

Russian Synodal Bible

Перед ним пожирает огонь, а за ним палит пламя; перед ним земля как сад Едемский, а позади него будет опустошенная степь, и никому не будет спасения от него.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

לְפָנָיו֙ אָ֣כְלָה אֵ֔שׁ וְאַחֲרָ֖יו תְּלַהֵ֣ט לֶֽהָבָ֑ה כְּגַן־עֵ֨דֶן הָאָ֜רֶץ לְפָנָ֗יו וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ מִדְבַּ֣ר שְׁמָמָ֔ה וְגַם־פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֥יְתָה לֹּֽו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

לפניו אכלה אש ואחריו תלהט להבה כגן עדן הארץ לפניו ואחריו מדבר שממה וגם פליטה לא היתה לו׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

قُدَّامَهُ نَارٌ تَأْكُلُ، وَخَلْفَهُ لَهِيبٌ يَحْرِقُ. ٱلْأَرْضُ قُدَّامَهُ كَجَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ وَخَلْفَهُ قَفْرٌ خَرِبٌ، وَلَا تَكُونُ مِنْهُ نَجَاةٌ.

Old Persion Version Bible

پیش روی ایشان آتش می‌سوزاند و در عقب ایشان شعله ملتهب می‌گردد. پیش روی ایشان، زمین مثل باغ عدن ودر عقب ایشان، بیابان بایر است و نیز از ایشان احدی رهایی نمی یابد.

Judson Burmese Bible

သူ တို့ရှေ့ မှာ မီး လောင် ၏။ နောက် ၌လည်း မီးလျှံ တောက် ၏။ ရှေ့ တွင်ရှိသောပြည် သည် ဧဒင် ဥယျာဉ် ကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၏။ နောက် ၌ကား၊ သုတ်သင် ပယ်ရှင်းသော လွင်ပြင် ဖြစ်၏။ အကယ် စင်စစ်သူ တို့လက်မှ အဘယ်အရာမျှ မ လွတ် ရ။

Korean Bible 1910

불이 그들의 앞을 사르며 불꽃이 그들의 뒤를 태우니 그 전의 땅은 에덴동산 같았으나 그 후의 땅은 황무한 들 같으니 그들을 피한 자가 없도다

Japanese Freedom Bible

彼らの前では火が焼き尽くし、 後ろでは炎が燃える。 彼らの前にはエデンの園、 後には荒れ果てた荒野。 彼らから逃れるものは何一つない。

World Chinese Bible

在他们前面，火焰吞噬； 在他们后面，烈焰焚烧。 在他们前面，土地好像伊甸园； 在他们后面，却成了荒凉的旷野。 是的，没有人能逃脱他们。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

它们前面如火烧灭， 后面如火焰烧尽。 未到以前，地如 伊甸园； 过去以后，成了荒凉的旷野； 没有一样能躲避它们的。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

牠們前面如火燒滅， 後面如火焰燒盡。 未到以前，地如 伊甸園； 過去以後，成了荒涼的曠野； 沒有一樣能躲避牠們的。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Diante dele o fogo consome, e atrás dele a chama arde; a terra adiante dele é como o jardim do Éden, mas atrás dele como deserto devastado; nada há que dele possa escapar.

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Mashi Bible

Embere zâbo, muliro, enyuma zâbo, nayo muliro. Ecihugo kwo ciri embere zâbo nk’ishwa lya Edeni, enyuma zâbo ekola mpinga bwâmwa! Ntâco câbafulumuka.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Fressendes Feuer geht vor ihm her und hinter ihm her eine lodernde Flamme: ist das Land wie der Garten Eden vor ihm gewesen, hinter ihm ist es eine öde Wüste; und man kann ihm nicht entrinnen!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Ante ellos, el fuego envía destrucción, y después de ellos arde la llama; la tierra es como el jardín del Edén, delante de ellos, y después de ellos un desierto no poblado; verdaderamente, nada se ha mantenido a salvo de ellos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Un fuego devora delante de él. Tras él quema la llama. Como un jardín de Edén era la tierra antes de ellos, pero será un desolado desierto después de ellos y nada en absoluto se les escapa.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

An eish devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth; ha'aretz is as the Gan Eden before them, and behind them a desolate midbar; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

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