NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A dayyowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), of darkness choshek (kho-shek') the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity. and of gloominess 'aphelah (af-ay-law') duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment -- dark, darkness, gloominess, thick. a day yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), of clouds `anan (aw-nawn') a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud -- cloud(-y). and of thick darkness `araphel (ar-aw-fel') gloom (as of a lowering sky) -- (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness). as the morning shachar (shakh'-ar) dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial) -- day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth. spread paras (paw-ras') to break apart, disperse, etc. -- break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out). upon the mountains har (har) a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion. a great rab (rab) abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) people `am (am) a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people. and a strong `atsuwm (aw-tsoom') powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous -- + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong. there hath not been hayah (haw-yaw) to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) ever `owlam (o-lawm') concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always the like neither shall be any more yacaph (yaw-saf') to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) it even to the years shaneh (shaw-neh') a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly). of many dowr (dore) a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity. generations dowr (dore) a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling -- age, evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations. King James Bible A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. Holman Christian Standard Bible a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense overcast, like the dawn spreading over the mountains; a great and strong people appears, such as never existed in ages past and never will again in all the generations to come. International Standard Version A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains— a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation." NET Bible It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army--there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come! GOD'S WORD® Translation It is a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and overcast skies. A large and mighty army will spread over the mountains like the dawn. Nothing like this has ever happened. Nothing like this will ever happen again. King James 2000 Bible A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, through the years of many generations. Links Joel 2:2Joel 2:2 NIV Joel 2:2 NLT Joel 2:2 ESV Joel 2:2 NASB Joel 2:2 KJV |
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