Berean Standard Bible
“Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’”
Joel 3 pictures God gathering the nations for judgment in a valley outside Jerusalem after he restores his people. Chapter 3 reverses a well-known peace image, turning farm tools into weapons as the nations prepare for a final confrontation.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
World English Bible (WEB)
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
King James Version (KJV)
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Haced espadas de vuestros azadones, lanzas de vuestras hoces; diga el flaco: Fuerte soy.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Conviertan sus arados en espadas y sus hoces en lanzas. Que el débil diga: «¡Soy fuerte!».
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