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International Standard Version
The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Holman Bible
all faces turn pale.
A Conservative Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces have grown pale.
American Standard Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.
Amplified
Before them the people are in anguish;
All faces become pale [with terror].
Bible in Basic English
At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.
Darby Translation
Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
Julia Smith Translation
From his face peoples shall be pained: all faces gathered a glow.
King James 2000
Before their face the people shall be in great pain: all faces are drained of color.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{From before them} nations writhe, all faces {turn pale}.
Modern King James verseion
Before their face the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The folk shall be afraid of him, all faces shall be as black as a pot.
NET Bible
People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.
New Heart English Bible
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
The Emphasized Bible
Because of him, shall peoples', be in anguish, - all faces, have withdrawn their colour.
Webster
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
World English Bible
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
Youngs Literal Translation
From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:6
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Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh Is Near
5 They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array. 6 The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale. 7 They run like elite soldiers, climbing ramparts like men trained for war. Each man advances in proper order, never breaking rank.
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Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is devastated, deserted, and desolate. Her heart melts, her knees knock. Every stomach is upset, every face grows pale.
Isaiah 13:8
They will be terrified; pain and anguish will seize them; they'll writhe like a woman in labor. They'll look aghast at one another; and their faces will be ablaze with fear.
Jeremiah 30:6
Ask about this and think about it Can a man give birth to a child? Why then do I see every strong man with his hands on his thighs like a woman giving birth, and all their faces have turned pale?
Psalm 119:83
Though I have become like a water skin dried by smoke, I have not forgotten your statutes.
Jeremiah 8:21
Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.
Lamentations 4:8
Now their faces are blacker than coal; they are unrecognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become dry like a stick.