Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Joel 2:6

Judgment

4 The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

5 Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

7 They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

8 Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

Read the whole chapter

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
Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.
KJV
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
WEB
At their presence the peoples are in anguish. All faces have grown pale.
ASV
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.
DARBY
Before them the peoples are in anguish: all faces turn pale.
BLB
Before its face the peoples writhe; all faces gather paleness.
ÅB
Folkeslag skjelver for det; alle ansikter blir blussende røde[^1].
OTB
Ved deres nærvær er nasjonene i angst;
hvert ansikt blir blekt.
B1930
Folkeslag skjelver for det; alle ansikter blir blussende røde. / < JES 13, 8.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nahum 2:10

    She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 13:8

    And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 30:6

    Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

    Read in context

  • Lamentations 4:8

    Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 119:83

    For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

    Read in context

  • Jeremiah 8:21

    For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

    Read in context