Joel
Joel 3:10–11
10Beat your plowshares into swords
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
11Come quickly, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves.
Bring down Your mighty ones,
O LORD.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Joel 3:10
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat | כֹּ֤תּוּ | kōt·tū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H3807 beat, crush by beating |
| your plowshares | אִתֵּיכֶם֙ | ’it·tê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H855 ploughshare |
| into swords | לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת | la·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H2719 sword |
| and your pruning hooks | וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם | ū·maz·mə·rō·ṯê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H4211 pruning-knife |
| into spears | לִרְמָחִ֑ים | lir·mā·ḥîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H7420 spear, lance |
| Let the weak | הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ | ha·ḥal·lāš | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H2523 weak |
| say | יֹאמַ֖ר | yō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I | אָֽנִי׃ | ’ā·nî | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| strong | גִּבּ֥וֹר | gib·bō·wr | Adjective - masculine singular | H1368 strong, mighty |
Joel 3:11
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come | וָבֹ֧אוּ | wā·ḇō·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| quickly | ע֣וּשׁוּ | ‘ū·šū | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5789 lend aid, come to help |
| all | כָֽל־ | ḵāl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| surrounding | מִסָּבִ֖יב | mis·sā·ḇîḇ | Preposition-m; Adverb | H5439 circuit, round about |
| nations | הַגּוֹיִ֛ם | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| and gather yourselves | וְנִקְבָּ֑צוּ | wə·niq·bā·ṣū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H6908 gather, collect |
| Bring down | הַֽנְחַ֥ת | han·ḥaṯ | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | H5181 go down, descend |
| Your mighty ones | גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃ | gib·bō·w·re·ḵā | Adjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H1368 strong, mighty |
| O LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
Cross-references
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Joel 3:10 Zechariah 12:8 · Micah 4:3 · Isaiah 2:4 · 2 Chronicles 25:8 · Luke 22:36
Joel 3:11 Isaiah 13:3 · Zephaniah 3:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.