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


In Context

14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.

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

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

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

18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

19 O LORD, to thee do I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.

Joel 1:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17The seed hath perished under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:17Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.