Joel 2:22 “Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have tu…”

Joel 2:22

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

World English Bible

Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness spring up, for the tree bears its fruit. The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.

American Standard Version

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Geneva Bible 1599

Be not afrayde, ye beastes of the fielde: for the pastures of the wildernesse are greene: for the tree beareth her fruite: the figge tree and the vine do giue their force.

Darby Translation

Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring; for the tree beareth its fruit; the fig-tree and the vine yield full increase.

Young's Literal Translation

Do not fear, O cattle of the field! For sprung forth have pastures of a wilderness, For the tree hath borne its fruit, Fig-tree and vine have given their strength!

Bible in Basic English

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

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Cross references

“afraid”

Joel 1:18–20 Psalm 36:6 Psalm 104:11–14 Psalm 104:27–29 Jonah 4:11 Psalm 145:15

Joel 1:18–20 · BSB

How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Psalm 36:6 · BSB

Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Psalm 104:11–14 · BSB

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psalm 104:27–29 · BSB

All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

Jonah 4:11 · BSB

So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

Psalm 145:15 · BSB

The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

“for the pastures”

Psalm 65:12 Isaiah 51:3 Joel 1:19

Psalm 65:12 · BSB

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

Isaiah 51:3 · BSB

For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and mel…

Joel 1:19 · BSB

To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

“for the tree”

Zechariah 8:12 Psalm 67:6 Psalm 107:35–38 Ezekiel 36:8 Ezekiel 36:30 Ezekiel 36:35

Zechariah 8:12 · BSB

“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.

Psalm 67:6 · BSB

The earth has yielded its harvest; God, our God, blesses us.

Psalm 107:35–38 · BSB

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

Ezekiel 36:8 · BSB

But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

Ezekiel 36:30 · BSB

I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.

Ezekiel 36:35 · BSB

Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

“yield”

Genesis 4:12 1 Corinthians 3:7

Genesis 4:12 · BSB

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

1 Corinthians 3:7 · BSB

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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

In context

21Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

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