Rather, go by yourself and act; be strong in battle, or God will fling you down before the enemy, for God has power to help or to overthrow.”
Joel 3:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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.] American Standard Version (1901) Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Common English Bible Beat the iron tips of your plows into swords and your pruning tools into spears; let the weakling say, “I am mighty.” Catholic Public Domain Version Cut your ploughs into swords and your hoes into spears. Let the weak say, 'For I am strong.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong. |
Rather, go by yourself and act; be strong in battle, or God will fling you down before the enemy, for God has power to help or to overthrow.”
He shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more.
Sharpen the arrows! Fill the quivers! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it, for that is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for his temple.
He shall judge between many peoples and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war any more;
On that day the Lord will shield the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, at their head.
When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.”
He said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.