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.

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Joel 3:10

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Beatכֹּ֤תּוּkōt·tūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH3807 beat, crush by beating
your plowsharesאִתֵּיכֶם֙’it·tê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH855 ploughshare
into swordsלַֽחֲרָב֔וֹתla·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯPreposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine pluralH2719 sword
and your pruning hooksוּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖םū·maz·mə·rō·ṯê·ḵemConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH4211 pruning-knife
into spearsלִרְמָחִ֑יםlir·mā·ḥîmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine pluralH7420 spear, lance
Let the weakהַֽחַלָּ֔שׁha·ḥal·lāšArticle; Adjective - masculine singularH2523 weak
sayיֹאמַ֖רyō·marVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
Iאָֽנִי׃’ā·nîPronoun - first person common singularH589 I
strongגִּבּ֥וֹרgib·bō·wrAdjective - masculine singularH1368 strong, mighty

Joel 3:11

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Comeוָבֹ֧אוּwā·ḇō·’ūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH935 come in, come, go in, go
quicklyע֣וּשׁוּ‘ū·šūVerb - Qal - Imperative - masculine pluralH5789 lend aid, come to help
allכָֽל־ḵālNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
surroundingמִסָּבִ֖יבmis·sā·ḇîḇPreposition-m; AdverbH5439 circuit, round about
nationsהַגּוֹיִ֛םhag·gō·w·yimArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH1471 nation, people
and gather yourselvesוְנִקְבָּ֑צוּwə·niq·bā·ṣūConjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common pluralH6908 gather, collect
Bring downהַֽנְחַ֥תhan·ḥaṯVerb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singularH5181 go down, descend
Your mighty onesגִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃gib·bō·w·re·ḵāAdjective - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singularH1368 strong, mighty
O LORDיְהוָ֖הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 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.