Joel 2:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.”
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BSBPD
“Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Joel 2:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 119:83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
- Isaiah 13:8Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
- Jeremiah 8:21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.
- Jeremiah 30:6Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?
- Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
- Nahum 2:10She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- Nahum 2:11Where is the lions’ lair or the feeding ground of the young lions, where the lion and lioness prowled with their cubs, with nothing to frighten them away?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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