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


In Context

13 Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord .

15 Alas for that day! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

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

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

18 How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, 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?