Joel 4:10

11 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

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

Beat your plow-blades into charavot (swords) and your pruning knives into spears; let the weak say: I am strong.

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Croatian Bible

Prekujte raonike u mačeve, kosire u koplja, nek' slabić kaže: “Junak sam!”

French: Bible J.N. Darby

De vos socs forgez des épées, et de vos serpes, des javelines. Que le faible dise : Je suis fort !

German Textbibel

Schmiedet eure Karste zu Schwertern um und eure Winzermesser zu Lanzen! Der Schwächling rufe: Ein Held bin ich!

SEPTUAGINTA

συγκόψατε τὰ ἄροτρα ὑμῶν εἰς ρομφαίας καὶ τὰ δρέπανα ὑμῶν εἰς σειρομάστας· ὁ ἀδύνατος λεγέτω ὅτι ἰσχύω ἐγώ.

Brenton Septuagint

συγκόψατε τὰ ἄροτρα ὑμῶν εἰς ῥομφαίας, καὶ τὰ δρέπανα ὑμῶν εἰς σειρομάστας· ὁ ἀδύνατος λεγέτω, ὅτι ἰσχύω ἐγώ.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָבֹ֔ות וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבֹּ֥ור אָֽנִי׃

Mashi Bible

Mutule engôrho n’ebyûma binyu, emigushu yinyu mujiremwo amatumu, engonyi ederhe, erhi: «Ndi ntwâli.»

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

כֹּ֤תּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם֙ לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם לִרְמָחִ֑ים הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ יֹאמַ֖ר גִּבּ֥וֹר אָֽנִי׃

Attribution

When was this written?

Traditions differ. Each position is shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 835 BC–800 BC Joel
Placed early, among the ninth-century prophets.
Critical: 400 BC–350 BC Joel
No king is named and the temple is standing, which many read as post-exilic. Joel is the least securely dated book in the prophetic corpus.

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Elsewhere in the world

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753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
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745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
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Joel 4:10

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Croatian Bible ☆

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

German Textbibel ☆

SEPTUAGINTA ☆

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

Mashi Bible ☆

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆