KJV King James Version
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joel 1:1
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel:
WEB World English Bible
The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
ASV American Standard Version
The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:
Surrounding context — Joel 1
1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
2 Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
4 That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
Cross-references
Acts 2:16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;Jeremiah 1:2To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.2 Peter 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.Ezekiel 1:3The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.Hosea 1:1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
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