8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.


In Context

5 Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things;

6 the 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:

7 behold, I will stir them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head;

8 and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

9 Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war: stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Joel 3:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken [it. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:8I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away." The Lord has spoken.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off: for Jehovah hath spoken.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the men of Sheba, to a faraway nation, for Yahweh has spoken it.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:8And have sold your sons and your daughters Into the hand of the sons of Judah, And they have sold them to Shabeans, Unto a nation far off, for Jehovah hath spoken.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:8And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD has spoken it.