Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
Joel 3:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Grecians, that you may remove them far from their border. American Standard Version (1901) and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border; Common English Bible You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, removing them far from their own border. Catholic Public Domain Version And you, sons of Judah and sons of Jerusalem, you have sold the sons of the Greeks, so that you might drive them far from their own territory. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country. |
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy traffickers: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass for thy merchandise.
and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the men of Sheba, to a nation far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand.
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.