Joel 3:10 — Compare All Translations

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

Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, `I [am] mighty.`

English ASV

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

English Amplified

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong [a warrior]! [Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong [a warrior]! [Isa. 2:4; Mic. 4:3.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

English EASY 2024

Take your ploughs and make them into swords. Take your knives that you use to cut your vines and make them into spears. Even weak people must fight like strong soldiers.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Beat your plows into swords. Make spears from your pruning hooks. Let the weak man say, "I am a strong soldier."

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, "I am a warrior."

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Hammer the points of your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Even the weak must fight.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Hammer your plowblades into swords and your pruning shears into spears. Weaklings should say that they are warriors.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say: I am a warrior.

English KJV 1611

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

English LSB

Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior!”

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, ‘I too am a warrior!’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Hammer your plows into swords. Hammer your pruning tools into spears. Let those who are weak say, "We are soldiers!"

English NIV

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, "I am strong!"

English NKJ 1982

Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ ”

English NLT

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, "I am a warrior."

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weakling say, “I am a champion!”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Melt your plowshares into swords, and beat your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak be strong.

English Tyndale 1537

Make you swords of your plowshares, and spears of your sickles and scythes. Let the weak man say: I am strong.

Joel 3:10 — Compare Translations