The locusts came upon all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before nor ever shall be again.
Joel 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They leap upon the city; they run upon the walls; they climb up into the houses; they enter through the windows like a thief. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up on and into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. American Standard Version (1901) They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. Common English Bible They rush upon the city; they run upon the walls. They climb into the houses; they enter through the windows like thieves. Catholic Public Domain Version They will advance into the city; they will rush through the wall. They will scale the houses; they will go in through the windows, like a thief. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall enter into the city: they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up the houses, they shall come in at the windows as a thief. |
The locusts came upon all the land of Egypt and settled on the whole country of Egypt, such a dense swarm of locusts as had never been before nor ever shall be again.
They shall fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and of all the Egyptians—something that neither your parents nor your grandparents have seen, from the day they came on earth to this day.” Then he turned and went out from Pharaoh.
“Death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.”
They do not jostle one another; each keeps to its own track; they burst through the weapons and are not halted.
“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.