NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Hearshama` (shaw-mah') to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) this ye old men zaqen (zaw-kane') old -- aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator. and give ear 'azan (aw-zan') probably to expand; to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen all ye inhabitants yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry of the land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. Hath this been in your days yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), or even 'im (eem) used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrog., whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; in the days yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), of your fathers 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days? King James Bible Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Holman Christian Standard Bible Hear this, you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors? International Standard Version "Hear this, you elders! Listen, all of you residents of the land! Has there ever been anything like this during your lifetime, or even when your ancestors were alive? NET Bible Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors? GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen to this, you leaders! Open your ears, all inhabitants of this land! Nothing like this has ever happened in your lifetime or in your ancestors' lifetime. King James 2000 Bible Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? Links Joel 1:2Joel 1:2 NIV Joel 1:2 NLT Joel 1:2 ESV Joel 1:2 NASB Joel 1:2 KJV |