Joel 1:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.”

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BSBPD

“The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Joel 1:17 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
  2. Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

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