Joel 2:22 - The Scriptures 1998

²² Do not fear, you beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness shall spring forth, and the tree shall bear its fruit, the fig tree and the vine shall yield their strength.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Be not afraid, you wild beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have sprung up and are green; the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their [full] strength.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

Common English Bible

²² Don’t be afraid, animals of the field, for the meadows of the wilderness will turn green; the tree will bear its fruit; the fig tree and grapevine will give their full yield.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Animals of the countryside, do not be afraid. For the beauty of the wilderness has sprung forth. For the tree has borne its fruit. The fig tree and the vine have bestowed their virtue.

Joel 2:22 Cross References

Genesis 4:12

“If you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Psalm 36:6

Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Your right-rulings are a great deep; O יהוה, You save man and beast.

Psalm 65:12

The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills are girded with rejoicing.

Psalm 65:13

The meadows are dressed in flocks, And valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 67:6

The earth shall give her increase; Elohim, our own Elohim, blesses us!

Isaiah 51:3

“For יהוה  shall comfort Tsiyon, He shall comfort all her waste places. For He makes her wilderness like Ě

Ezekiel 36:30

“And I shall increase the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of scarcity of food among the gentiles.

Ezekiel 36:35

“And they shall say, ‘This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Ě

Ezekiel 36:8

“But you, O mountains of Yisra’ĕ

Jonah 4:11

“And should I not pardon Ninewĕ

Haggai 2:16

since those days – one came to a heap of twenty ĕ

Zechariah 8:12

‘Because of the sowing of peace the vine does give its fruit, the ground does give her increase, and the heavens do give their dew. And I shall cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is any at all, but Elohim who gives the increase.