Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?
New American Standard Bible
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Or in your fathers’ days?
King James Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
International Standard Version
"Hear this, you elders! Listen, all of you residents of the land! Has there ever been anything like this during your lifetime, or even when your ancestors were alive?
A Conservative Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
American Standard Version
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Amplified
Hear this, O elders,
Listen closely, all inhabitants of the land!
Has such a thing as this occurred in your days,
Or even in the days of your fathers?
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Darby Translation
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Julia Smith Translation
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the earth. Was this in your days, and if in the days of your fathers?
King James 2000
Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear this, O elders, and give ear, all the inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days? Or the days of your ancestors?
Modern King James verseion
Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all dwellers of the land. Has this been in your days or even in the days of your fathers?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, O ye elders! Ponder this well, all ye that dwell in the land, if ever there happened such a thing in your days, or in the days of your fathers.
NET Bible
Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors?
New Heart English Bible
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
The Emphasized Bible
Hear this, ye elders, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, - hath this ever happened in your days? or in the days of your fathers?
Webster
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
World English Bible
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
1
The word of the Lord that came
listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your ancestors?
and let your children tell their children,
and their children the next generation.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Hosea 5:1
Pay attention, house of Israel!
Listen, royal house!
For the judgment applies to you
because you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread out on Tabor.
Joel 2:2
a day of clouds and dense overcast,
like the dawn spreading over the mountains;
a great and strong people
such as never existed in ages past
and never will again
in all the generations to come.
Job 8:8
and pay attention to what their fathers discovered,
Jeremiah 30:7
There will be none like it!
It will be a time of trouble for Jacob,
but he will be delivered out of it.
Deuteronomy 4:32-35
“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?
Job 12:12
and understanding comes with long life.
Job 15:10
men older than your father.
Job 21:7
growing old and becoming powerful?
Psalm 49:1
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
listen, all who inhabit the world,
Isaiah 7:17
The Lord will bring on you, your people, and the house of your father, such a time as has never been since Ephraim separated from Judah
Isaiah 34:1
you peoples, pay attention!
Let the earth hear, and all that fills it,
the world and all that comes from it.
Jeremiah 5:21
you foolish and senseless
They have eyes, but they don’t see.
They have ears, but they don’t hear.
Daniel 12:1
Michael
who stands watch over your people will rise up.
There will be a time of distress
such as never has occurred
since nations came into being until that time.
But at that time all your people
who are found written in the book
Hosea 4:1
for the Lord has a case
against the inhabitants of the land:
There is no truth,
and no knowledge of God
Joel 1:14
proclaim an assembly!
Gather the elders
and all the residents of the land
at the house of the Lord your God,
and cry out to the Lord.
Amos 3:1
Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:
Amos 4:1
who are on the hill of Samaria,
women who oppress the poor
and crush the needy,
who say to their husbands,
“Bring us something to drink.”
Amos 5:1
Listen to this message that I am singing for you, a lament,
Micah 1:2
pay attention, earth
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.
Micah 3:1
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Micah 3:9
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who abhor justice
and pervert everything that is right,
Matthew 13:9
Matthew 24:21
Revelation 2:7