Joel 2:9
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Joel 2:9 in other translations
| BSB | They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves. |
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| WEB | They rush on the city. They run on the wall. They climb up into the houses. They enter in at the windows like thieves. |
| ASV | They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. |
| YLT | In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief. |
| DARBY | They spread themselves over the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in by the windows like a thief. |
| BBE | They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief. |
| Webster | They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. |
What does Joel 2:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joel 2:7-9
7-9. Depicting the regular military order of their advance, "One locust not turning a nail's breadth out of his own place in the march" [Jerome]. Compare Pr 30:27, "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands."
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…
Joel 2:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joel 2:9
- Jeremiah 9:21
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
- John 10:1
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- Exodus 10:6
And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.
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Context
- Joel 2:8
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
- Joel 2:9
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
- Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Irán por la ciudad, correrán por el muro, subirán por las casas, entrarán por las ventanas á manera de ladrones. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ils se répandent par la ville, ils courent sur la muraille, ils montent dans les maisons, ils entrent par les fenêtres comme un voleur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie laufen in der Stadt umher, rennen auf die Mauer, steigen in die Häuser; durch die Fenster dringen sie ein wie der Dieb. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Urbem ingredientur, in muro current, domos conscendent, per fenestras intrabunt quasi fur. |