Joel 3 · Verse 20

Joel 3:20

But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
Joel 3:20, King James Version

Joel 3:20 in other translations

BSBBut Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
WEBBut Judah will be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
ASVBut Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
YLTAnd Judah to the age doth dwell, And Jerusalem to generation and generation.
DARBYBut Judah shall abide for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
BBEBut Judah will be peopled for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
WebsterBut Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

What does Joel 3:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. dwell for ever--(Am 9:15), that is, be established as a flourishing state.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever - The true Church of Christ shall be supported, while all false and persecuting Churches shall be annihilated. The promise may also belong to the full and final restoration of the Jews, when they shall dwell at Jerusalem as a distinct people professing the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 3:18-21

There shall be abundant Divine influences, and the gospel will spread speedily into the remotest corners of the earth. These events are predicted under significant emblems; there is a day coming, when every thing amiss shall be amended. The fountain of this plenty is in the house of God, whence the streams take rise. Christ is this Fountain; his sufferings, merit, and grace, cleanse, refresh, and make fruitful…

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Joel 3:20 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.

וִיהוּדָ֖הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063
לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769
תֵּשֵׁ֑בte.Shevit will remainH3427
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םvi.ru.sha.Limand JerusalemH3389
לְד֥וֹרle.Dorto a generationH1755
וָדֽוֹר\׃va.Dorand a generationH1755

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

Cross references for Joel 3:20

  • Ezekiel 37:25

    And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

  • Isaiah 33:20

    Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

  • Amos 9:15

    And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Judah.
Isa 33:20; Eze 37:25; Am 9:15
dwell. or, abide.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joel 3:19

    Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

  • Joel 3:20

    But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

  • Joel 3:21

    For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.

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Joel 3:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mas Judá para siempre será habitada, y Jerusalem en generación y generación.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Aber Juda soll ewiglich bewohnt werden, und Jerusalem von Geschlecht zu Geschlecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et Judæa in æternum habitabitur, et Jerusalem in generationem et generationem.