Joel 3:3,6 - Compare All Versions

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They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine to drink.

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

and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.

You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border.

They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.

You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.

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

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks  to remove them far from their own territory.

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.

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.

They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem You have sold to the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their borders.

“In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem, I’ll assemble all the godless nations. I’ll lead them down into Judgment Valley And put them all on trial, and judge them one and all because of their treatment of my own people Israel. They scattered my people all over the pagan world and grabbed my land for themselves. They threw dice for my people and used them for barter. They would trade a boy for a whore, sell a girl for a bottle of wine when they wanted a drink. * * *

“As for you, Tyre and Sidon and Philistia, why should I bother with you? Are you trying to get back at me for something I did to you? If you are, forget it. I’ll see to it that it boomerangs on you. You robbed me, cleaned me out of silver and gold, carted off everything valuable to furnish your own temples. You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem into slavery to the Greeks in faraway places. But I’m going to reverse your crime. I’m going to free those slaves. I’ll have done to you what you did to them: I’ll sell your children as slaves to your neighbors, And they’ll sell them to the far-off Sabeans.” GOD’s Verdict. * * *

“They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.

and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory

“They have also cast lots for My people, And have traded a boy for a prostitute And have sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you may send them far away from their territory

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country.