Joel 1 · Verse 11

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.
Joel 1:11, King James Version

Joel 1:11 in other translations

BSBBe dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
WEBBe confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.
ASVBe confounded, O ye husbandmen, wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field is perished.
YLTBe ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harvest of the field.
DARBYBe ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.
BBEThe farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.
WebsterBe ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vine-dressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field hath perished.

What does Joel 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Be ... ashamed--that is, Ye shall have the shame of disappointment on account of the failure of "the wheat" and "barley ... harvest." howl ... vine dressers--The semicolon should follow, as it is the "husbandmen" who are to be "ashamed ... for the wheat." The reason for the "vine dressers" being called to "howl" does not come till Joe 1:12, "The vine is dried up."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 1:11 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.

הֹבִ֣ישׁוּho.Vi.shube ashamedH954
אִכָּרִ֗ים'i.ka.RimO farmersH406
הֵילִ֙ילוּ֙hei.Li.luwailH3213
כֹּֽרְמִ֔יםko.re.MimO vinedressersH3755
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חִטָּ֖הchi.Tah[the] wheatH2406
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
שְׂעֹרָ֑הse.'o.Rah[the] barleyH8184
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
אָבַ֖ד'a.Vadit has perishedH6
קְצִ֥ירke.Tzir[the] harvest ofH7105
שָׂדֶֽה\׃sa.Deh[the] fieldH7704

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

Cross references for Joel 1:11

  • Jeremiah 14:3-4

    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.

  • Isaiah 17:11

    In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

  • Jeremiah 9:12

    Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

  • Romans 5:5

    And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ashamed.
Jer 14:3,4; Ro 5:5
because.
Isa 17:11; Jer 9:12

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Joel 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Confundíos, labradores, aullad, viñeros, por el trigo y la cebada; porque se perdió la mies del campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Soyez honteux, laboureurs; hurlez, vignerons, – à cause du froment et de l’orge, car la moisson des champs a péri!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Seid beschämt, ihr Ackerleute, heulet, ihr Winzer, über den Weizen und über die Gerste! Denn die Ernte des Feldes ist zu Grunde gegangen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Confusi sunt agricolæ, ululaverunt vinitores super frumento et hordeo, quia periit messis agri.