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Joel 1:17

17  dThe seed shrivels under the clods;4

the storehouses are desolate;

the granaries are torn down

because ethe grain has dried up.

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Joel 1:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.

Joel 1:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 The seed is rotten under their clods,

The garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down;

For the corn is withered.

Joel 1:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 The seeds die in the parched ground,

and the grain crops fail.

The barns stand empty,

and granaries are abandoned.

Joel 1:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 The seed shrivels under the clods,

Storehouses are in shambles;

Barns are broken down,

For the grain has withered.

Joel 1:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Though we planted fig seeds,

they lie dry and dead in the dirt.

The barns are empty and falling down.

The storerooms for grain have been broken down,

because the grain has dried up.

Joel 1:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.

Joel 1:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Joel 1:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 Seeds shrivel up in their shells. 

Storehouses are destroyed. 

Barns are ruined. 

The grain has dried up. 

Joel 1:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 The seeds lie shriveled in their casings.

The storehouses are in ruin,

and the granaries are broken down,

because the grain has withered away.

Joel 1:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 The seed shrivels under the clods,

the storehouses are desolate;

the granaries are ruined

because the grain has failed.

Joel 1:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 The seeds shrivel under their clods;

the storehouses are desolate.

The grain storage places are destroyed

because grain has dried out.

Joel 1:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 The seeds have dried up in the ground.

The grain is also gone.

The storerooms have been destroyed.

The barns are broken down.

Joel 1:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 The seeds shrivel under their clods;

The storehouses are desolate,

The barns are torn down,

For the grain is dried up.


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