Joel 3:4
Good News Translation
"What are you trying to do to me, Tyre, Sidon, and all of Philistia? Are you trying to pay me back for something? If you are, I will quickly pay you back!

New Revised Standard Version
What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are paying me back, I will turn your deeds back upon your own heads swiftly and speedily.

Contemporary English Version
You people of Tyre and Sidon and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened.

New American Bible
Moreover, what are you doing to me, Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you paying me back for something? If you are, I will very quickly turn your deeds back upon your own head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.

and what.

Judges 11:12 And he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name: What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?

2 Chronicles 21:16 And the Lord stirred up against Joram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, who border on the Ethiopians.

2 Chronicles 28:17,18 And the Edomites came and slew many of Juda, and took a great booty. . . .

Acts 9:4 And falling on the ground, he heard a voice saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

O Tyre.

Amos 1:6-10,12-14 Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom. . . .

Zechariah 9:2-8 Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise. . . .

will ye.

Ezekiel 25:12-17 Thus saith the Lord God: Because Edom hath taken vengeance to revenge herself of the children of Juda, and hath greatly offended, and hath sought revenge of them: . . .

swiftly.

Deuteronomy 32:35 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come.

Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.

Isaiah 59:18 As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.

Jeremiah 51:6 Flee ye from the midst of Babylon, and let every one save his own life: be not silent upon her iniquity: for it is the time of revenge from the Lord, he will render unto her what she hath deserved.

Luke 18:7 And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? And will he have patience in their regard?

2 Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a just thing with God to repay tribulation to them that trouble you:

Context
The LORD Judges the Nations
3And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink. 4But what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all the coast of the Philistines? will you revenge yourselves on me? and if you revenge yourselves on me, I will very soon return you a recompense upon your own head.5For you have taken away my silver, and my gold: and my desirable, and most beautiful things you have carried into your temples.…
Cross References
Matthew 11:21
Woe thee, Corozain, woe to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:22
But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

Luke 10:13
Woe to thee, Corozain! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that have been wrought in you, they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:14
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you.

Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Philistia, that the rod of him that struck thee is broken in pieces: for out of the root of the serpent shall come forth a basilisk, and his seed shall swallow the bird.

Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

Isaiah 34:8
For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.

Isaiah 59:18
As unto revenge, as it were to repay wrath to his adversaries, and a reward to his enemies: he will repay the like to the islands.

Jeremiah 47:1
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.

Jeremiah 47:4
Because of the coming of the day, in which all the Philistines shall be laid waste, and Tyre and Sidon shall be destroyed, with all the rest of their helpers. For the Lord hath wasted the Philistines, the remnant of the isle of Cappadocia.

Ezekiel 25:15
Thus saith the Lord God: Because the Philistines have taken vengeance, and have revenged themselves with all their mind, destroying and satisfying old enmities:

Amos 1:6
Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom.

Amos 1:8
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

Amos 1:9
Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four I will not convert it: because they have shut up an entire captivity in Edom, and have not remembered the covenant of brethren.

Amos 1:10
And I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

Zechariah 9:2
Emath also in the borders thereof, and Tyre, and Sidon: for they have taken to themselves to be exceeding wise.

Zechariah 9:5
Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.

Joel 3:3
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