Joel 1:2 “Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anyt…”

Joel 1:2

Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

American Standard Version

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare ye this, O Elders, and hearken ye all inhabitantes of the land, whether such a thing hath bene in your dayes, or yet in the dayes of your fathers.

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days? Or in the days of your fathers?

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

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Cross references

“Hear”

Hosea 5:1 Psalm 49:1 Isaiah 34:1 Jeremiah 5:21 Amos 3:1 Amos 4:1

Hosea 5:1 · BSB

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Psalm 49:1 · BSB

Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,

Isaiah 34:1 · BSB

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

Jeremiah 5:21 · BSB

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Amos 3:1 · BSB

Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

Amos 4:1 · BSB

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

“ye old”

Job 8:8 Job 12:12 Job 15:10 Job 21:7

Job 8:8 · BSB

Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

Job 12:12 · BSB

Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

Job 15:10 · BSB

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.

Job 21:7 · BSB

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

“Hath”

Joel 2:2 Jeremiah 30:7 Deuteronomy 4:32–35 Isaiah 7:17 Daniel 12:1 Matthew 24:21

Joel 2:2 · BSB

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Jeremiah 30:7 · BSB

How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.

Deuteronomy 4:32–35 · BSB

Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

Isaiah 7:17 · BSB

The LORD will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since the day Ephraim separated from Judah—He will bring the king of Assyria.”

Daniel 12:1 · BSB

“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at t…

Matthew 24:21 · BSB

For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Also

Hosea 4:1 Joel 1:14

Hosea 4:1 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Joel 1:14 · BSB

Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:

3Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

Read Joel 1