16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?


In Context

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests; howl, ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the oblation and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

14 Hallow a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the elders, and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

15 Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

17 The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

18 How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.

Joel 1:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea,] joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes- joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not your food cut off before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea , joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, and joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Isn't the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God joy and rejoicing?