Joel 1:6 - New International Version (Anglicised)

A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For a [heathen and hostile] nation [of locusts, illustrative of a human foe] has invaded My land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness. [Rev. 9:7, 8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.

Common English Bible

because a nation, powerful and beyond number, has invaded my land. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth; its fangs are like those of a lioness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For a nation has ascended over my land: strong and without number. His teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and his molars are like that of a lion's young.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp.

Joel 1:6 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 107:34

and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.

Proverbs 30:14

those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Isaiah 32:13

and for the land of my people, a land overgrown with thorns and briers – yes, mourn for all houses of merriment and for this city of revelry.

Isaiah 8:8

and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!’

Hosea 9:3

They will not remain in the Lord’s land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

Joel 2:25

‘I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten – the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm – my great army that I sent among you.