Joel 2:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ As the noise of chariots they leap over mountaintops, as the noise of a flaming fire consuming stubble, as a mighty people set in battle array.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap–like the noise of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a mighty people set in battle array. [Rev. 9:7, 9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Common English Bible

⁵ like the rumbling of chariots. They leap on the mountaintops— like the crackling of a fire’s flame, devouring the stubble; like a powerful army ready for battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Like the sound of a four-horse chariot, they will leap over the tops of the mountains. Like the sound of a burning flame devouring stubble, they are as a strong people prepared for battle.

Joel 2:5 Cross References

Job 39:20

Would you make him leap like a locust? His splendid snorting is frightening.

Exodus 5:12

And the people were scattered in all the land of Mitsrayim – to gather stubble for straw.

Isaiah 30:30

And יהוה  shall cause His excellent voice to be heard, and show the coming down of His arm, with raging wrath and the flame of a consuming fire, with scattering, downpour and hailstones.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, their root is as rottenness, and their blossom goes up like dust – because they have rejected the Torah of יהוה  of hosts, and despised the Word of the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 50:42

“They lay hold of bow and spear, they are cruel and they show no compassion. They sound like the roaring sea, and ride on horses, set in array, like a man for the battle, against you, O daughter of Baḇ

Matthew 3:12

“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall thoroughly cleanse His threshing-floor, and gather His wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff He shall burn with unquenchable fire.”

Revelation 9:9

And they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots of many horses running into battle.