Joel 1 · Verse 10

Joel 1:10

The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
Joel 1:10, King James Version

Joel 1:10 in other translations

BSBThe field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.
WEBThe field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.
ASVThe field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
YLTSpoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine, languish doth oil.
DARBYThe field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
BBEThe fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back, the oil is poor.
WebsterThe field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted; the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

What does Joel 1:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. field ... land--differing in that "field" means the open, unenclosed country; "land," the rich red soil (from a root "to be red") fit for cultivation. Thus, "a man of the field," in Hebrew, is a "hunter"; a "man of the ground" or "land," an "agriculturist" (Ge 25:27). "Field" and "land" are here personified. new wine--from a Hebrew root implying that it takes possession of the brain, so that a man is not master of himself. So the Arabic term is from a root "to hold captive." It is already fermented, and so intoxicating, unlike the sweet fresh wine, in Joe 1:5, called also "new wine," though a different Hebrew word. It and "the oil" stand for the vine and the olive tree, from which the "wine" and "oil" are obtained (Joe 1:12). dried up--not "ashamed," as Margin, as is proved by the parallelism to "languisheth," that is, droopeth.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 1:8-13

All who labour only for the meat that perishes, will, sooner or later, be ashamed of their labour. Those that place their happiness in the delights of sense, when deprived of them, or disturbed in the enjoyment, lose their joy; whereas spiritual joy then flourishes more than ever. See what perishing, uncertain things our creature-comforts are. See how we need to live in continual dependence upon God and his…

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Joel 1:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שֻׁדַּ֣דshu.Dadit is devastatedH7703
שָׂדֶ֔הsa.Deh[the] field[s]H7704
אָבְלָ֖ה'a.ve.Lahit is dried upH56
אֲדָמָ֑ה'a.da.Mah[the] groundH127
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
שֻׁדַּ֣דshu.Dadit is devastatedH7703
דָּגָ֔ןda.Gan[the] grainH1715
הוֹבִ֥ישׁho.Vishit has dried upH3001
תִּיר֖וֹשׁti.Ro.osh[the] new wineH8492
אֻמְלַ֥ל'um.Lalit has dried outH535
יִצְהָֽר\׃yitz.Har[the] fresh oilH3323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joel 1:10

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Jeremiah 12:11

    They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

  • Hosea 9:2

    The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.

  • Joel 1:5

    Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Haggai 1:11

    And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

  • Jeremiah 14:2-6

    Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. …

  • Jeremiah 48:33

    And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

  • Leviticus 26:20

    And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

  • Jeremiah 12:4

    How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  • Joel 1:17-20

    The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • Joel 1:12

    The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

  • Isaiah 24:11

    There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
field.
17-20; Le 26:20; Isa 24:3,4; Jer 12:4,11; 14:2-6; Ho 4:3
the new.
5,12; Isa 24:11; Jer 48:33; Ho 9:2; Hag 1:11
dried up. or, ashamed.

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Context

  • Joel 1:9

    The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord’s ministers, mourn.

  • Joel 1:10

    The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

  • Joel 1:11

    Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

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Joel 1:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El campo fué destruído, enlutóse la tierra; porque el trigo fué destruído, se secó el mosto, perdióse el aceite.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
les champs sont ravagés, la terre mène deuil; car le blé est ravagé, le vin nouveau est honteux, l’huile languit.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das Feld ist verwüstet, es trauert der Erdboden; denn das Korn ist verwüstet, der Most ist vertrocknet, verwelkt das Öl.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Depopulata est regio, luxit humus, quoniam devastatum est triticum, confusum est vinum, elanguit oleum.