Joel 1:15 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

English ASV

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

English Amplified

Alas for the day! For the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is at hand, and as a destructive tempest from the Almighty will it come. [Zeph. 1:14-18.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Alas for the day! For the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is at hand, and as a destructive tempest from the Almighty will it come. [Zeph. 1:14-18.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Alas for the day! For the Day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Woe because of that day! For the day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

English EASY 2024

That will be a terrible day! The day of the will soon come. It will be a day when God Almighty brings great trouble.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Be sad because the Lord's special day is near. At that time punishment will come like an attack from God All-Powerful.

Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The day of the Lord is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!

English God's Word - GW 1995

This will be a terrible day! The day of the Lord is near, and it will come like destruction from the Almighty.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Woe because of that day! For the Day of the LORD is near and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

English KJV 1611

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

English LSB

Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Alas, for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and like devastation from the Almighty it comes.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Alas, the day! for near is the day of the LORD, and it comes as ruin from the Almighty.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The day of the Lord is near. How sad it will be on that day! The Mighty One is coming to destroy you.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is at hand; It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

English NLT

The day of the LORD is on the way, the day when destruction comes from the Almighty. How terrible that day will be!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

How awful that time will be! Look! The day of Yahweh is certainly coming— the day when the Divine Destroyer brings destruction.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Alas, this terrible day of punishment is on the way. Destruction from the Almighty is almost here!

English Tyndale 1537

alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.

Joel 1:15 — Compare Translations