Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
New American Standard Bible
Mighty and without number;
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
King James Version
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
International Standard Version
Indeed, a nation has invaded my land it is strong and its population is too large to count with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
A Conservative Version
For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
American Standard Version
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
Amplified
For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts],
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Bible in Basic English
For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.
Darby Translation
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.
Julia Smith Translation
For a nation came up upon my land, strong, and no number; his teeth the teeth of a lion, and a biter's teeth of the lioness to him.
King James 2000
For a nation has come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because a nation has {invaded} my land, strong {and beyond counting}. Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, and its fangs [are those] of a lioness.
Modern King James verseion
For a nation has come up on My land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the jaw teeth of a lioness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, a mighty and an innumerable people shall come up into my land: these have teeth like the teeth of Lions, and chaftbones like the lioness.
NET Bible
For a nation has invaded our land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. Their teeth are like those of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness.
New Heart English Bible
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a nation, hath come up over my land, bold, and without number, - his teeth, are the teeth of a lion, and, the fangs of a lioness, hath he!
Webster
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
World English Bible
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
Youngs Literal Translation
For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 1:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament Over The Land
5
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.
powerful and without number;
its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
and it has the fangs of a lioness.
and splintered My fig tree.
It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;
its branches have turned white.
Cross References
Joel 2:25
that the swarming locust ate,
the young locust, the destroying locust,
and the devouring locust—
My great army that I sent against you.
Psalm 107:34
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
Proverbs 30:14
whose fangs are knives,
devouring the oppressed from the land
and the needy from among mankind.
Proverbs 30:25-27
yet they store up their food in the summer;
Isaiah 8:8
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
Isaiah 32:13
growing thorns and briers,
indeed, for every joyous house in the joyful city.
Hosea 9:3
Instead, Ephraim will return to Egypt,
and they will eat unclean food
Joel 2:2-11
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.
Revelation 9:7-10
The appearance of the locusts was like horses equipped for battle.