Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.
New American Standard Bible
Now return to the Lord your God,
For He is
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness
And
King James Version
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
International Standard Version
Tear your hearts, not your garments; and turn back to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to become angry, overflowing in gracious love, and grieves about this evil.
A Conservative Version
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents of the evil.
American Standard Version
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Amplified
Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.”
Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For He is gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people];
And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].
Bible in Basic English
Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.
Darby Translation
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Julia Smith Translation
And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn back to Jehovah your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, slow of anger and of much kindness, and lamenting on account of the evil.
King James 2000
And tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to Yahweh your God, because he [is] gracious and compassionate, {slow to anger} and great in loyal love, and relenting from harm.
Modern King James verseion
Yes, tear your heart and not your robes, and turn to Jehovah your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and He pities because of the evil.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God. For he is full of mercy and compassion, long ere he be angry, and great in mercy and repentance when he is at the point to punish.
NET Bible
Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love -- often relenting from calamitous punishment.
New Heart English Bible
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
The Emphasized Bible
And rend your heart, and not your garments, turn therefore, unto Yahweh your God, - for, gracious and full of compassion, is he, slow to anger, and abundant in loving- kindness, and will grieve over calamity.
Webster
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth of the evil.
World English Bible
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Youngs Literal Translation
And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful is He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.
Themes
Anger » The lord being slow to anger
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
God » To believers » To the penitent
God » Mercy of » Encourages to penitence
God's Promises » Special promises to children, examples of » To the contrite
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
Hyke or upper garment » Was the garment » Rent in token of grief
Kindness » The lord being kind
Longsuffering Of God » An encouragement to repent
Mercy » Encourages to penitence
God's Mercy » Manifested » To returning backsliders
Repentance » Examples of » Ascribed to God (change of purpose)
Topics
Interlinear
Beged
Shuwb
'elohiym
'aph
References
American
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Repentance
12
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.
not just your clothes,
and return to the Lord your God.
For He is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger, rich in faithful love,
and He relents from sending disaster.
and leave a blessing behind Him,
so you can offer grain and wine
to the Lord your God.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 34:18
He saves those crushed in spirit.
Jonah 4:2
He prayed to the Lord:
Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore
Isaiah 57:15
who lives forever, whose name is Holy
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.
Genesis 37:29
When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,
1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth
Psalm 51:17
God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.
Psalm 86:5
rich in faithful love to all who call on You.
Psalm 86:15
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.
Exodus 34:6-7
Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:
Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,
Numbers 14:18
The Lord is slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes
2 Kings 6:30
When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes.
2 Kings 22:11
When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes.
2 Kings 22:19
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord
Nehemiah 9:17
and did not remember Your wonders
You performed among them.
They became stiff-necked and appointed a leader
to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a forgiving God,
gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love,
and You did not abandon them.
Psalm 103:8
slow to anger and rich in faithful love.
Psalm 106:45
and relented according to the riches
of His faithful love.
Psalm 145:7-9
and will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
Isaiah 58:5
A day for a person to deny himself,
to bow his head like a reed,
and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Will you call this a fast
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 66:2
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble,
and trembles at My word.
Jeremiah 18:7-8
At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, tear down, and destroy it.
Ezekiel 9:4
“Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the Lord said to him, “and put a mark on the foreheads
Amos 7:2-6
When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land,
Micah 7:18
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.
Nahum 1:3
the Lord will never leave the guilty unpunished.
His path is in the whirlwind and storm,
and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Matthew 5:3-4
Matthew 6:16-18
Romans 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of His kindness,
Romans 5:20-21
The law came along to multiply the trespass.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy,
1 Timothy 4:8
for
but godliness is beneficial in every way,
since it holds promise for the present life
and also for the life to come.
James 1:19-20
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger,