Joel 3:3 Parallel Translations

They threw dice for my people. They traded boys for prostitutes. They sold girls so that they could buy wine to drink.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

ASV:

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

BBE:

And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.

DBY:

and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.

ERV:

and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

JPS:

And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.

WBS:

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

WEB:

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

YLT:

And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

Joel 3:3 Cross References

XREF:

Amos 2:6 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Obadiah 1:11 "On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them.

Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have {c} given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
(c) That which the enemy received for the sale of my people, they bestowed upon harlots and drink.

WES:

3:3 Cast lots - It was customary with conquerors to divide the captives by lot, and so did these enemies of the Jews.

MHC:

3:1-8 The restoration of the Jews, and the final victory of true religion over all opposers, appear to be here foretold. The contempt and scorn with which the Jews have often been treated as a people, and the little value set upon them, are noticed. None ever hardened his heart against God or his church, and prospered long.

CONC:

Boy Boys Cast Chance Decision Drink Drunk Fate Girl Girls Giving Harlot Loose Lot Lots Price Prostitute Prostitutes Sold Traded Wine

Boy Boys Cast Chance Decision Drink Drunk Fate Girl Girls Harlot Lot Lots Price Prostitute Prostitutes Sold Traded Wine Young

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