Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
New American Standard Bible
Gladness and
King James Version
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
International Standard Version
Isn't our food supply cut off right in front of us, along with joy and gladness from the Temple of our God?
A Conservative Version
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
American Standard Version
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea , joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Amplified
Has not the food been cut off before our eyes,
Joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Bible in Basic English
Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?
Darby Translation
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Julia Smith Translation
Was not the food cut off before our eyes, from the house of our God, joy and gladness?
King James 2000
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Is] not food cut [off] before our eyes, from the house of our God, joy and gladness?
Modern King James verseion
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Shall not the meats be taken away before our eyes, the mirth also and joy from the house of our God?
NET Bible
Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God!
New Heart English Bible
Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The Emphasized Bible
Is it not, before our eyes, that, food, hath been cut off? From the house of our God, rejoicing and exultation.
Webster
Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God?
World English Bible
Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Youngs Literal Translation
Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?
Interlinear
Karath
References
American
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Lamentation
15
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.
before our eyes,
joy and gladness
from the house of our God?
The storehouses are in ruin,
and the granaries are broken down,
because the grain has withered away.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:6-7
You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions,
Psalm 43:4
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.
Deuteronomy 12:11-12
then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell.
Deuteronomy 16:10-15
You are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks to the Lord your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the Lord your God has blessed you.
Psalm 105:3
Honor His holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Isaiah 3:7
“I’m not a healer.
I don’t even have food or clothing in my house.
Don’t make me the leader of the people!”
Isaiah 62:8-9
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
Joel 1:5-9
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.
Joel 1:13
wail,
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
Amos 4:6-7
in all your cities,
a shortage of food in all your communities,
yet you did not return to Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.