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Joel 2:3

pFire devours before them,

and behind them a flame burns.

The land is like qthe garden of Eden before them,

but rbehind them a desolate wilderness,

and nothing escapes them.

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Joel 2:3 — The New International Version (NIV)

Before them fire devours,

behind them a flame blazes.

Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,

behind them, a desert waste—

nothing escapes them.

Joel 2:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

A fire devoureth before them;

And behind them a flame burneth:

The land is as the garden of Eden before them,

And behind them a desolate wilderness;

Yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Fire burns in front of them,

and flames follow after them.

Ahead of them the land lies

as beautiful as the Garden of Eden.

Behind them is nothing but desolation;

not one thing escapes.

Joel 2:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

A fire devours before them,

And behind them a flame burns;

The land is like the Garden of Eden before them,

And behind them a desolate wilderness;

Surely nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:3 — New Century Version (NCV)

In front of them a fire destroys;

in back of them a flame burns.

The land in front of them is like the garden of Eden;

the land behind them is like an empty desert.

Nothing will escape from them.

Joel 2:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

Joel 2:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

Joel 2:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

In front of this army a fire burns. 

Behind it flames are blazing. 

In front of it the land is like the garden of Eden. 

Behind it the land is like a barren desert. 

Nothing escapes it! 

Joel 2:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

A fire destroys in front of them,

and behind them a flame devours.

The land in front of them

is like the Garden of Eden,

but behind them,

it is like a desert wasteland;

there is no escape from them.

Joel 2:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Fire devours in front of them,

and behind them a flame burns.

Before them the land is like the garden of Eden,

but after them a desolate wilderness,

and nothing escapes them.

Joel 2:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Before them a fire devours,

and behind them a flame burns.

Like the garden of Eden is the land before them,

and after them it is like a desolate desert,

and nothing can escape them.

Joel 2:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Like fire they eat up everything in their path.

Behind them it looks as if flames have burned the land.

In front of them the land is like the Garden of Eden.

Behind them it is a dry and empty desert.

Nothing escapes them.

Joel 2:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

A fire consumes before them

And behind them a flame burns.

The land is like the garden of Eden before them

But a desolate wilderness behind them,

And nothing at all escapes them.


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