For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.
Joel 2:6 - Revised Standard Version Before them peoples are in anguish, all faces grow pale. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Before them the peoples are in anguish; all faces become pale. American Standard Version (1901) At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale. Common English Bible In their presence, peoples shake with fear; all faces turn red with worry. Catholic Public Domain Version Before their face, the people will be tortured; each one's appearance will retreat, as if into a jar. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version At their presence the people shall be in grievous pains: all faces shall be made like a kettle. |
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten thy statutes.
and they will be dismayed. Pangs and agony will seize them; they will be in anguish like a woman in travail. They will look aghast at one another; their faces will be aflame.
Ask now, and see, can a man bear a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why has every face turned pale?
For the wound of the daughter of my people is my heart wounded, I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
Now their visage is blacker than soot, they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled upon their bones, it has become as dry as wood.
Desolate! Desolation and ruin! Hearts faint and knees tremble, anguish is on all loins, all faces grow pale!
Where is the lions' den, the cave of the young lions, where the lion brought his prey, where his cubs were, with none to disturb?