Joel 1:8,11,14
Joel 1:8 New Living Translation (NLT)
Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.
Joel 1:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
Despair, all you farmers! Wail, all you vine growers! Weep, because the wheat and barley— all the crops of the field—are ruined.
Joel 1:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
Announce a time of fasting; call the people together for a solemn meeting. Bring the leaders and all the people of the land into the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to him there.
Joel 1:8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
Joel 1:11 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joel 1:14 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:8-10 The Message (MSG)
Weep like a young virgin dressed in black, mourning the loss of her fiancé. Without grain and grapes, worship has been brought to a standstill in the Sanctuary of GOD. The priests are at a loss. GOD’s ministers don’t know what to do. The fields are sterile. The very ground grieves. The wheat fields are lifeless, vineyards dried up, olive oil gone.
Joel 1:11-12 The Message (MSG)
Dirt farmers, despair! Grape growers, wring your hands! Lament the loss of wheat and barley. All crops have failed. Vineyards dried up, fig trees withered, Pomegranates, date palms, and apple trees— deadwood everywhere! And joy is dried up and withered in the hearts of the people.
Joel 1:13-14 The Message (MSG)
And also you priests, put on your robes and join the outcry. You who lead people in worship, lead them in lament. Spend the night dressed in gunnysacks, you servants of my God. Nothing’s going on in the place of worship, no offerings, no prayers—nothing. Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together, Round up everyone in the country. Get them into GOD’s Sanctuary for serious prayer to GOD.
Joel 1:8 King James Version (KJV)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:11 King James Version (KJV)
Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel 1:14 King James Version (KJV)
Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD
Joel 1:8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
Joel 1:11 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
Joel 1:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:8 New Century Version (NCV)
Cry as a young woman cries when the man she was going to marry has died.
Joel 1:11 New Century Version (NCV)
Be sad, farmers. Cry loudly, you who grow grapes. Cry for the wheat and the barley. Cry because the harvest of the field is lost.
Joel 1:14 New Century Version (NCV)
Call for a day when everyone fasts! Tell everyone to stop work! Bring the elders and everyone who lives in the land to the Temple of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:8 American Standard Version (ASV)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:11 American Standard Version (ASV)
Be confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel 1:14 American Standard Version (ASV)
Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.
Joel 1:8 New International Version (NIV)
Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
Joel 1:11 New International Version (NIV)
Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
Joel 1:14 New International Version (NIV)
Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:8 New King James Version (NKJV)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
Be ashamed, you farmers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Joel 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land Into the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD.
Joel 1:8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].