Joel 1:8
“¶ Lament like a virgine girded with sackecloth for the husband of her youth.”
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Joel 1:8 Context
6For a nation is come vp vpon my lande, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lyon, and he hath the cheeke-teeth of a great lyon. 7He hath laide my vine waste: and barked my figge-tree: hee hath made it cleane bare, and cast it away, the branches thereof are made white. 8¶ Lament like a virgine girded with sackecloth for the husband of her youth. 9The meate offring and the drinke offering is cut off from the house of the Lord, the Priestes the Lords ministers mourne. 10The field is wasted, the lande mourneth; for the corne is wasted: the new wine is dried vp, the oyle languisheth.
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Other Translations
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- King James Version
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
- Basic English Bible
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Darby Bible
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Webster's Bible
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
- World English Bible
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
- King James Version
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
- Basic English Bible
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Darby Bible
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Webster's Bible
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
- World English Bible
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Bible commentary
Wesley's Notes for Joel 1:8
1:8 The husband of her youth - Espoused to her, but snatched away by an untimely death.