Joel 1:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Our food is gone. Joy and happiness are gone from the temple {\cf2\super [8]} of our God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Isn’t the food cut off right before our eyes? Aren’t joy and gladness also gone from our God’s house?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Has not your nourishment perished from before your eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

Joel 1:16 Cross References

Psalm 43:4

I will come to God’s altar.\par I will come to the God who makes me\par so very happy.\par God, my God, I will praise you with\par a harp.\par

Joel 1:13

Priests, put on your clothes of sadness\par and cry loudly.\par Servants of the altar, {\cf2\super [5]} cry loudly.\par Servants of my God, you will sleep\par in your clothes of sadness.\par Why? Because there will be no more\par grain and drink offerings\par in God’s temple. {\cf2\super [6]} \par

Isaiah 3:7

But that brother will stand and say, “I can’t help you. I don’t have enough food or clothes in my house. You will not make me your leader.”

Psalm 105:3

Be proud of the Lord’s holy name.\par You people came looking for the Lord.\par Be happy!\par

Psalm 51:8

Make me happy!\par Tell me how to be happy again.\par Let the bones you crushed be happy again!\par