Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted. For the LORD lives in Zion!"
New American Standard Bible
For the Lord dwells in Zion.
King James Version
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
Holman Bible
which I have not pardoned,
for the Lord dwells in Zion.
A Conservative Version
And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed. For LORD dwells in Zion.
American Standard Version
And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
Amplified
And I shall avenge their blood which I have not avenged,
For the Lord dwells in Zion.
Bible in Basic English
And I will send punishment for their blood, for which punishment has not been sent, for the Lord is living in Zion.
Darby Translation
And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.
Julia Smith Translation
And I cleansed their blood I cleansed not: and Jehovah dwelt in Zion.
King James 2000
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwells in Zion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{I will cleanse their bloodguilt} [that] {I did not cleanse}, for Yahweh is dwelling in Zion.
Modern King James verseion
And I will cleanse their blood which I did not cleanse; and Jehovah is dwelling in Zion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will cleanse their blood which I have not cleansed. And the LORD shall dwell in Zion.
NET Bible
I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion!
New Heart English Bible
And I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, for the LORD dwells in Zion."
The Emphasized Bible
And I will free from their blood-guiltiness them whom I had not freed, - for, Yahweh, is about to make his habitation in Zion.
Webster
For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
World English Bible
I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Yahweh dwells in Zion."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have declared their blood innocent, That I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Blessed
20 But Judah will live forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21 I will acquit their bloodguilt that has not yet been acquitted. For the LORD lives in Zion!"
Cross References
Isaiah 4:4
when the LORD will have washed away the filth of the women of Zion, cleaning up Jerusalem's guilt by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of tempest.
Ezekiel 36:25
I'll sprinkle pure water on you all, and you'll be cleansed from your impurity and from all of your idols."
Ezekiel 36:29
In addition, I'll deliver you from everything that makes you unclean. I'll call out to the grain you plant, ordering it to produce abundant yields, and I will never bring famine in your direction.
Joel 3:17
"And truly you will know that I am the LORD your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, and no foreigners will invade her again.
Ezekiel 48:35
A perimeter is to measure 18,000 units, and the name of the city from that time on is to be: "THE LORD IS THERE.'"
Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, "Let his blood be on us and our children!"
Revelation 21:3
I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.