Joel 2:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.”

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Read Joel 2:5 in the flow of Joel2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Joel2 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“As the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they skip, As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble, As a mighty people set in array for battle.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joel 2:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 5:12So the people scattered all over the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
  2. Job 39:20Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
  3. Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
  4. Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  5. Nahum 2:3The shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
  6. Nahum 3:2The crack of the whip, the rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot!
  7. Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
  8. Revelation 9:9They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

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