Joel 1:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

New Living Translation
The day of the LORD is near, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

English Standard Version
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

Berean Study Bible
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

New American Standard Bible
Woe for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

NASB 1995
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

NASB 1977
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Amplified Bible
Alas for the day! For the [judgment] day of the LORD is at hand, And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the Almighty.

Christian Standard Bible
Woe because of that day! For the day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Woe because of that day! For the Day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

Contemporary English Version
We are in for trouble! Soon the LORD All-Powerful will bring disaster.

Good News Translation
The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This will be a terrible day! The day of the LORD is near, and it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

International Standard Version
Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!

NET Bible
How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

New King James Version
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

King James 2000 Bible
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

New Heart English Bible
Alas for the day. For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from Shaddai.

World English Bible
Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

American King James Version
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

American Standard Version
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

A Faithful Version
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

Darby Bible Translation
Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

English Revised Version
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come,

Webster's Bible Translation
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Alas: for the day, for the day of the Lord is at hand, and it commeth as a destruction from the Almightie.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Alas for this day, for the day of the Lorde is at hande, euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
alas, alas for this daye. And why? the daye of the LORDE is at honde, and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And cry to YHWH, “Aah! For the day! For [the] Day of YHWH [is] near, "" And it comes as destruction from [the] Almighty.

Young's Literal Translation
And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Smith's Literal Translation
Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

Catholic Public Domain Version
“Ah, ah, ah, the day!” For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Alas! Alas! The day that is near, it is the day of LORD JEHOVAH, and from God plunder will come!

Lamsa Bible
Alas, alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as plunder from God shall it come.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is at hand, And as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Alas, Alas, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
















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