6And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.


In Context

3 And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.

4 But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.

5 For you have taken away my silver and my gold: and my desirable and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.

6 And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.

7 Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.

8 And I will sell your sons, and your daughters by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.

Joel 3:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold to the Grecians, that you might remove them far from their border.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:6and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:6the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold to the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, that you may remove them far from their border.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.