Joel 2:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan were loved and pleasing; in their lives and in their death they were not parted; they went more quickly than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 5:8

And that day David said, Whoever makes an attack on the Jebusites, let him go up by the water-pipe, and put to death all the blind and feeble-footed who are hated by David. And this is why they say, The blind and feeble-footed may not come into the house.

1 Chronicles 12:36

And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.

Job 16:14

I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.

Psalm 19:5

Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.

Proverbs 30:27

The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;

Jeremiah 5:10

Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

Joel 2:8

No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.

Joel 2:9

They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.