Joel 1:3
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?
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.
5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
- KJV
- Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
- WEB
- Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.
- ASV
- Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.
- DARBY
- Tell your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation:
- BLB
- Give account of it to your⁺ sons, and your⁺ sons to their sons, and their sons to the generation after.
- ÅB
- Dere skal fortelle om det til deres barn, og deres barn til sine barn, og deres barn til en kommende slekt.
- OTB
- Fortell dette til deres barn,
og la dem fortelle det til sine barn,
og deres etterkommere til den neste generasjonen. - B1930
- I skal fortelle om det til eders barn, og eders barn til sine barn, og deres barn til en kommende slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 6:7
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Read in contextPsalms 71:18
Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Read in contextPsalms 145:4
One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Read in contextPsalms 78:3–8
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Read in contextExodus 13:14
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
Read in contextExodus 10:1–2
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Read in contextIsaiah 38:19
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Read in contextPsalms 44:1
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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