KJV King James Version
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joel 2:24
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
WEB World English Bible
The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
ASV American Standard Version
And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And full have been the floors with pure corn, And overflown have the presses with new wine and oil.
Surrounding context — Joel 2
21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first [month].
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
27 And ye shall know that I [am] in the midst of Israel, and [that] I [am] the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Cross-references
Amos 9:13Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.Malachi 3:10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it].Joel 3:18And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.Proverbs 3:9-10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:Joel 3:13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness [is] great.Leviticus 26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.
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