Joel 3:5
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
Joel 3:5 in other translations
| BSB | For you took My silver and gold and carried off My finest treasures to your temples. |
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| WEB | Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples, |
| ASV | Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things, |
| YLT | In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples. |
| DARBY | because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my beautiful pleasant things, |
| BBE | For you have taken my silver and my gold, putting in the houses of your gods my beautiful and pleasing things. |
| Webster | Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things. |
What does Joel 3:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joel 3:1-8
God's judgments in the latter days. (Joel 3:1-8) The extent of these judgments. (Joel 3:9-17) The blessings the church shall enjoy. (Joel 3:18-21) Verses 1-8 The restoration of the Jews, and the final victory of true religion over all opposers, appear to be here foretold. The contempt and scorn with which the Jews have often been treated as a people, and the little value set upon them, are noticed. None ever…
Joel 3:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joel 3:5
- 2 Chronicles 21:16-17
Moreover the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- 2 Kings 24:13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
- 2 Kings 16:8
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 12:18
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 18:15-16
And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 50:28
The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance of his temple.
- Jeremiah 51:11
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the Lord hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance of his temple.
- Daniel 5:2-3
Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
- Daniel 11:38
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
- 1 Samuel 5:2-5
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
- 2 Kings 25:13-17
And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. …
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- Joel 3:4
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
- Joel 3:5
Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
- Joel 3:6
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
Joel 3:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque habéis llevado mi plata y mi oro, y mis cosas preciosas y hermosas metisteis en vuestros templos: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il arrivera que, quiconque invoquera le nom de l’ Éternel sera sauvé. Car sur la montagne de Sion il y aura délivrance, et à Jérusalem, comme l’ Éternel l’a dit, et pour les réchappés que l’ Éternel appellera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | daß ihr mein Silber und mein Gold weggenommen und meine besten Kleinode in eure Tempel gebracht, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Argentum enim meum et aurum tulistis, et desiderabilia mea et pulcherrima intulistis in delubra vestra. |