Joel 1:15 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty.

Joel 1:15 Cross References

Psalm 37:13

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

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 saved out of it.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on 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 north country by the river Euphrates.

Ezekiel 30:3

For the 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 2:11

The Lord utters his voice before his army, for his host is exceedingly great; he that executes his word is powerful. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; who can endure 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 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 upon 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 and consecrated his guests.

James 5:9

Do not grumble, brethren, against one another, that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the doors.

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand before it?”