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Joel 2:8

Judgment

6 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:

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.

9 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.

10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

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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.

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BSB
They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
KJV
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.
WEB
One doesn’t jostle another. They each march in their own path. They burst through the defenses and don’t break ranks.
ASV
Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].
DARBY
Neither doth one press upon another; they march every one in his path; and fall amid weapons, but are not wounded.
BLB
A man [and] his brother do not jostle, each man marches in his path; between the weapon they lunge; they are not cut down.
ÅB
De trenger ikke hverandre til side; de går fram hver på sin egen vei; mellom kastespyd styrter de fram og stanser ikke i sitt løp.
OTB
De støter ikke på hverandre;
hver fortsetter rett frem.
De bryter gjennom forsvar
uten å bryte rekkene.
B1930
De trenger ikke hverandre til side; de går frem hver på sin egen vei; mellem kastespyd styrter de frem og stanser ikke i sitt løp.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 23:10

    And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.

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  • Job 33:18

    He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

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  • Nehemiah 4:23

    So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:5

    Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

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  • Nehemiah 4:17

    They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.

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  • Song of Solomon 4:13

    Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

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  • Job 36:12

    But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

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