Joel 4:21

11 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Brenton English Septuagint

And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Zion.

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

For I will cleanse them of bloodguilt which I have not yet cleansed; for Hashem dwelleth in Tziyon.

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Croatian Bible

“Osvetit ću krv njihovu za koju se nisam još osvetio.” Jahve će dići Dom svoj na Sionu.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et je les purifierai du sang dont je ne les avais pas purifiés : et l’ Éternel demeure en Sion.

German Textbibel

Ich werde ihr Blut rächen, das ich noch nicht gerächt habe, und Jahwe bleibt auf dem Zion wohnen!

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθωώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σιών.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθωώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σιών.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיֹּֽון׃

Mashi Bible

Nâcîhôlera omukò gwâbo, ntakalembera amabî, na Nyakasane agandika aha Siyoni.

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Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְנִקֵּ֖יתִי דָּמָ֣ם לֹֽא־נִקֵּ֑יתִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה שֹׁכֵ֥ן בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃

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

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (835 BC–350 BC).

1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–600 BC Zoroaster teaches in Persia Persia
Founder of Zoroastrianism, whose dating is disputed by as much as six centuries. His teaching on a cosmic struggle between good and evil later touched Jewish and Christian thought.
1070 BC–350 AD The kingdom of Kush Africa
A Nubian power on the upper Nile that ruled Egypt itself as its twenty-fifth dynasty.
1050 BC–800 BC The Phoenician alphabet spreads Levant
A compact consonantal alphabet that became the ancestor of Greek, Latin and Hebrew scripts.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
620 BC–560 BC Coinage invented in Lydia Anatolia
Stamped electrum coins of guaranteed weight, an idea that spread across the ancient world within a century.

Joel 4:21

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) ☆