Font Size
Joel 3:7-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
Joel 3:7-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 I am going to make them leave the place where you sold them.
I will pay you back for what you have done.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah.
They will sell them to the people of Sheba,
a nation that is far away.”
The Lord has spoken.
9 Announce this among the nations:
Prepare yourselves for war.
Wake up the warriors.
Have all the warriors come near and attack.
Joel 3:7-9
New International Version
Joel 3:7-9
New International Version
7 “See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,(A) and I will return(B) on your own heads what you have done. 8 I will sell your sons(C) and daughters to the people of Judah,(D) and they will sell them to the Sabeans,(E) a nation far away.” The Lord has spoken.(F)
Joel 3:7-9
New King James Version
Joel 3:7-9
New King James Version
7 “Behold, (A)I will raise them
Out of the place to which you have sold them,
And will return your [a]retaliation upon your own head.
8 I will sell your sons and your daughters
Into the hand of the people of Judah,
And they will sell them to the (B)Sabeans,[b]
To a people (C)far off;
For the Lord has spoken.”
9 (D)Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Wake up the mighty men,
Let all the men of war draw near,
Let them come up.
Footnotes
- Joel 3:7 Or repayment
- Joel 3:8 Lit. Shebaites, Is. 60:6; Ezek. 27:22
Joel 3:7-9
King James Version
Joel 3:7-9
King James Version
7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the Lord hath spoken it.
9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Read full chapter
GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
Copyright © 1995, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020 by God’s Word to the Nations Mission Society. All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
New King James Version (NKJV) 
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.