Joel 1:6 “For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its tee…”

Joel 1:6

For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yea, a nation commeth vpon my lande, mightie, and without nomber, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the iawes of a great lyon.

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.

Young's 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.

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.

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Cross references

“nation”

Joel 2:25 Joel 2:2–11 Proverbs 30:25–27

Joel 2:25 · BSB

I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

Joel 2:2–11 · 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.

Proverbs 30:25–27 · BSB

The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

“my”

Isaiah 8:8 Psalm 107:34 Isaiah 32:13 Hosea 9:3

Isaiah 8:8 · BSB

It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Isaiah 32:13 · BSB

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers— even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.

Hosea 9:3 · BSB

They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

“whose”

Proverbs 30:14 Revelation 9:7–10

Proverbs 30:14 · BSB

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Revelation 9:7–10 · BSB

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads; and their faces were like the faces of men.

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

In context

5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.

7It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

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