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King James Bible
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King James Bible 1611
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| 1:1 |
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. |
The word of the Lord that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel. |
| 1:2 |
Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? |
Heare this, yee olde men, and giue eare, all yee inhabitants of the lande: Hath this been in your dayes, or euen in the dayes of your fathers? |
| 1:3 |
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. |
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. |
| 1:4 |
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. |
That which the palmer worme hath left, hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left, hath the canker-worme eaten; and that which the canker-worme hath left, hath the caterpillar eaten. |
| 1:5 |
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. |
Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all yee drinkers of wine, because of the new wine, for it is cut off from your mouth. |
| 1:6 |
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. |
For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the cheeke-teeth of a great lyon. |
| 1:7 |
He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. |
He hath laide my vine waste: and barked my figge-tree: hee hath made it cleane bare, and cast it away, the branches thereof are made white. |
| 1:8 |
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. |
Lament like a virgine girded with sackecloth for the husband of her youth. |
| 1:9 |
The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. |
The meate offring and the drinke offering is cut off from the house of the Lord, the Priestes the Lords ministers mourne. |
| 1:10 |
The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. |
The field is wasted, the lande mourneth; for the corne is wasted: the new wine is dried vp, the oyle languisheth. |
| 1:11 |
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. |
Be yee ashamed, O yee husbandmen: howle, O yee vine-dressers, for the wheate and for the barley; because the haruest of the field is perished. |
| 1:12 |
The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. |
The vine is dried vp, and the figgetree languisheth, the pomegranate tree, the palme tree also and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the field are withered: because ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men. |
| 1:13 |
Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. |
Gird your selues, and lament, yee Priests: howle, ye ministers of the Altar: come, lie all night in sackecloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drinke offering is withholden from the house of your God. |
| 1:14 |
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. |
Sanctifie yee a fast: call a solemne assembly: gather the Elders, and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry vnto the Lord: |
| 1:15 |
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. |
Alas for the day: for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almightie shall it come. |
| 1:16 |
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? |
Is not the meate cut off before your eyes, yea ioy and gladnesse from the house of our God? |
| 1:17 |
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. |
The seede is rotten vnder their clods: the garners are laide desolate: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered. |
| 1:18 |
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. |
How doe the beastes grone? the heards of cattell are perplexed, because they haue no pasture, yea the flockes of sheepe are made desolate. |
| 1:19 |
O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. |
O Lord, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field. |
| 1:20 |
The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. |
The beasts of the field crie also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse. |
