Joel 2:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.”
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“They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joel 2:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 10:6They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 10:14The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be.
- Jeremiah 9:21For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- John 10:1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
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