Joel 3:6 “You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them…”

Joel 3:6

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

World English Bible

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

American Standard Version

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

Geneva Bible 1599

The children also of Iudah and the children of Ierusalem haue you solde vnto the Grecians, that ye might send them farre from their border.

Darby Translation

and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.

Young's Literal Translation

And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.

Bible in Basic English

And the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have given for a price to the sons of the Greeks, to send them far away from their land:

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Cross references

“have ye”

Ezekiel 27:13 Joel 3:3 Joel 3:8 Deuteronomy 28:68 Deuteronomy 28:32

Ezekiel 27:13 · BSB

Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.

Joel 3:3 · BSB

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Joel 3:8 · BSB

I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

Deuteronomy 28:68 · BSB

The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

Deuteronomy 28:32 · BSB

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

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

In context

5For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples.

7Behold, I will rouse them from the places to which you sold them; I will return your recompense upon your heads.

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