Joel 2:9 Parallel Translations

They rush into the city. They run along the wall. They climb into houses. They enter through windows like thieves.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

ASV:

They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

BBE:

They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.

DBY:

They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief.

ERV:

They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

JPS:

They leap upon the city, they run upon the wall, they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.

WBS:

They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

WEB:

They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves.

YLT:

In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.

Joel 2:9 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 10:6 Then your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day.'" And he turned and went out from Pharaoh.

Jeremiah 9:21 For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets, The young men from the town squares.

John 10:1 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

2:9 Runs to and fro - This seems not proper to these insects, but it well suits with soldiers, that conquer a city and search all places for plunder. Run upon the wall - To clear the wall of all the besieged. The houses - Either forsaken by the inhabitants, or defended by such as are in them. Like a thief - Suddenly, unexpectedly, to spoil if not to kill.

MHC:

2:1-14 The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of the Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of sin, and to reveal the wrath from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. The striking description which follows, shows what would attend the devastations of locusts, but may also describe the effects from the ravaging of the land by the Chaldeans. If the alarm of temporal judgments is given to offending nations, how much more should sinners be warned to seek deliverance from the wrath to come! Our business therefore on earth must especially be, to secure an interest in our Lord Jesus Christ; and we should seek to be weaned from objects which will soon be torn from all who now make idols of them. There must be outward expressions of sorrow and shame, fasting, weeping, and mourning; tears for trouble must be turned into tears for the sin that caused it. But rending the garments would be vain, except their hearts were rent by abasement and self-abhorrence; by sorrow for their sins, and separation from them. There is no question but that if we truly repent of our sins, God will forgive them; but whether he will remove affliction is not promised, yet the probability of it should encourage us to repent.

CONC:

Along Climb Enter Fro Houses Leap Run Running Rush Spread Themselves Thief Thieves Town Wall Walls Windows

City Climb Enter Fro Houses Leap Run Running Rush Spread Themselves Thief Thieves Wall Walls Windows

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