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Joel 1:16

Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Joel 1:16 · King James Version

In other versions

  • Is not the food cut off before our eyes, `yea', joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    ASV

  • Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God?

    BBE

  • Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    DBY

  • Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    WEB

  • Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?

    YLT

  • Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    ENG

  • Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    WBT

  • Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God?

    BSB

In context

14Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

15Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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