3And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.


In Context

1 For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back to the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 Then I have gathered all the nations, And caused them to go down unto the valley of Jehoshaphat, And I have been judged with them there, Concerning My people and Mine inheritance — Israel, Whom they scattered among nations, And My land they have apportioned.

3 And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

4 And also, what are ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

5 In that My silver and My gold ye took, And My desirable things that are good, Ye have brought in to your temples.

Joel 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.