Joel 3:3
Strong's Lexicon
They cast
יַדּ֣וּ (yad·dū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3032: v 1) (Qal) to throw lots, cast lots n 2) love, loving-one, friend

lots
גוֹרָ֑ל (ḡō·w·rāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1486: 1) lot 1a) lot-pebbles used for systematically making decisions 2) portion 2a) lot, portion (thing assigned by casting lots) 2b) recompense, retribution

for
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

My people;
עַמִּ֖י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

they bartered
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (way·yit·tə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

a boy
הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ (hay·ye·leḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3206: 1) child, son, boy, offspring, youth 1a) child, son, boy 1b) child, children 1c) descendants 1d) youth 1e) apostate Israelites (fig.)

for a prostitute
בַּזּוֹנָ֔ה (baz·zō·w·nāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2181: 1) to commit fornication, be a harlot, play the harlot 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be a harlot, act as a harlot, commit fornication 1a2) to commit adultery 1a3) to be a cult prostitute 1a4) to be unfaithful (to God) (fig.) 1b) (Pual) to play the harlot 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to commit adultery 1c2) to force into prostitution 1c3) to commit fornication

and sold
מָכְר֥וּ (mā·ḵə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 4376: 1) to sell 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sell 1a2) seller (participle) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be sold 1b2) to sell oneself 1b3) to be given over to death 1c) (Hithpael) to sell oneself

a girl
וְהַיַּלְדָּ֛ה (wə·hay·yal·dāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3207: 1) girl, damsel, marriageable girl

for wine
בַיַּ֖יִן (ḇay·ya·yin)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3196: 1) wine

to drink.
וַיִּשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (way·yiš·tū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8354: 1) to drink 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to drink 1a1a) of drinking cup of God's wrath, of slaughter, of wicked deeds (fig) 1a2) to feast 1b) (Niphal) to be drunk

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

Young's Literal Translation
And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

New American Standard Bible
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

King James Bible
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine to drink.

New Living Translation
They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.

English Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.

New American Standard Bible
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

King James Bible
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

International Standard Version
They cast lots for my people— they sold a young boy in exchange for a prostitute, and a girl for wine, so they could drink."

NET Bible
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

American Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

English Revised Version
and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Young's Literal Translation
And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
















Cross References
Job 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

Joel 1:5
Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Amos 2:6
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Obadiah 1:11
In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

Nahum 3:10
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Joel 1:1
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Joel 3:2
I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

Joel 3:1
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

Joel 3:4
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
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