Joel 1:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Almighty it comes.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is at hand, and as a destructive tempest from the Almighty will it come. [Zeph. 1:14-18.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ What a terrible day! The day of the LORD is near; it comes like chaos from the Almighty.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ "Ah, ah, ah, the day!" For the day of the Lord is near, and it will arrive, like a devastation, before the powerful.

Joel 1:15 Cross References

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be rescued from it.

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

Joel 2:11

The Lord utters his voice at the head of his army; how vast is his host! Numberless are those who obey his command. Truly the day of the Lord is great, terrible indeed—who can endure it?

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!

Psalm 37:13

but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he sees that their day is coming.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of retribution, to gain vindication from his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

Ezekiel 30:3

For a day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.

Joel 3:14

Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is at hand! The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.