Joel 2 · Verse 14

Joel 2:14

Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?
Joel 2:14, King James Version

Joel 2:14 in other translations

BSBWho knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
WEBWho knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God.
ASVWho knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God?
YLTWho knoweth--He doth turn back, Yea--He hath repented, And He hath left behind Him a blessing, A present and libation of Jehovah your God?
DARBYWho knoweth? He might return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, an oblation and a drink-offering for Jehovah your God?
BBEMay it not be that he will again let his purpose be changed and let a blessing come after him, even a meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
WebsterWho knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the LORD your God?

What does Joel 2:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. leave ... a meat offering and a drink offering--that is, give plentiful harvests, out of the first-fruits of which we may offer the meat and drink offering, now "cut off" through the famine (Joe 1:9, 13, 16). "Leave behind Him": as God in visiting His people now has left behind Him a curse, so He will, on returning to visit them, leave behind Him a blessing.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Who knoweth if he will return - He may yet interpose and turn aside the calamity threatened, and so far preserve the land from these ravagers, that there will be food for men and cattle, and a sufficiency of offerings for the temple service. Therefore: -

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 2:1-14

God's judgments. (Joel 2:1-14) Exhortations to fasting and prayer; blessings promised. (Joel 2:15-27) A promise of the Holy Spirit, and of future mercies. (Joel 2:28-32) Verses 1-14 The priests were to alarm the people with the near approach of the Divine judgments. It is the work of ministers to warn of the fatal consequences of sin, and to reveal the wrath from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of…

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Joel 2:14 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.

מִ֥יmiwho?H4310
יוֹדֵ֖עַyo.De.a'[is] knowingH3045
יָשׁ֣וּבya.Shuvhe will turnH7725
וְנִחָ֑םve.ni.Chamand he will relentH5162
וְהִשְׁאִ֤ירve.hish.'Irand he will leaveH7604
אַֽחֲרָיו֙'a.cha.Ravbehind himH310
בְּרָכָ֔הbe.ra.Khaha blessingH1293
מִנְחָ֣הmin.Chaha grain offeringH4503
וָנֶ֔סֶךְva.Ne.sekhand a drink offeringH5262
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם\׃\ \פ'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430

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

Cross references for Joel 2:14

  • Jonah 3:9

    Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

  • Haggai 2:19

    Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

  • 2 Samuel 12:22

    And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

  • 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

  • Amos 5:15

    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  • Jonah 1:6

    So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

  • Zephaniah 2:3

    Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger.

  • Joel 1:13

    Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  • Exodus 32:30

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the Lord; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.

  • 2 Corinthians 9:5-11

    Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: …

  • Isaiah 65:8

    Thus saith the Lord, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

  • Joshua 14:12

    Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who.
Ex 32:30; Jos 14:12; 1Sa 6:5; 2Sa 12:22; 2Ki 19:4; Am 5:15; Jon 1:6
Jon 3:9; Zep 2:3; 2Ti 2:25
and leave.
Isa 65:8; Hag 2:19; 2Co 9:5-11; *marg:
even.
1:9,13,16

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Context

  • Joel 2:13

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • Joel 2:14

    Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the Lord your God?

  • Joel 2:15

    Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:

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Joel 2:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Quién sabe si volverá, y se apiadará, y dejará bendición tras de él, presente y libación para Jehová Dios vuestro?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qui sait? il reviendra et se repentira et laissera après lui une bénédiction, une offrande et une libation à l’ Éternel, votre Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wer weiß? er möchte umkehren und es sich gereuen lassen, und er möchte Segen hinter sich zurücklassen: Speisopfer und Trankopfer für Jehova, euren Gott
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quis scit si convertatur, et ignoscat, et relinquat post se benedictionem, sacrificium et libamen Domino Deo vestro?