Joel 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.”
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“You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joel 3:6 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:68The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
- Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
- Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Joel 3:8I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans—to a distant nation.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
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