11 translations · Hebrew
Joel 2:12
“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
Joel 2:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “And also now,” a declaration of YHWH, || “Turn back to Me with all your heart, || And with fasting, and with weeping, || And with lamentation.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “Yet even now,” says the Lord, “Come back to me while there is still time. Come to me with all your heart, with fasting and prayer.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And also now — an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Therefore also now, saith the LORD, Turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Now therefore saith the Lord: Be converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְגַם־ | wə·ḡam- | Yet even | H1571 גַּם also |
| עַתָּה֙ | ‘at·tāh | now | H6258 עַתָּ֫ה now |
| נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | declares | H5002 נְאֻם utterance |
| יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| שֻׁ֥בוּ | šu·ḇū | return | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| עָדַ֖י | ‘ā·ḏay | to Me | H5704 עַד till |
| בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | with all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| לְבַבְכֶ֑ם | lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem | your heart | H3824 לֵבָב heart |
| וּבְצ֥וֹם | ū·ḇə·ṣō·wm | with fasting | H6685 צוֹם fast |
| וּבְבְכִ֖י | ū·ḇə·ḇə·ḵī | weeping | H1065 בְּכִי weeping |
| וּבְמִסְפֵּֽד׃ | ū·ḇə·mis·pêḏ | and mourning | H4553 מִסְפֵּד mourning |
Related verses
- James 4:8–9
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- 2 Chronicles 7:13–14
“If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- Hosea 12:6
Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.
- Jeremiah 29:12–13
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
- Jeremiah 4:1
“If you will return, Israel,” says Yahweh, “if you will return to me, and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight; then you will not be removed;
- Hosea 6:1
“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.
- Deuteronomy 4:29–30
But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice.
- 1 Samuel 7:6
They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
- Jonah 3:5–8
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; …
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In context
10 The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
11 Yahweh thunders his voice before his army; for his forces are very great; for he is strong who obeys his command; for the day of Yahweh is great and very awesome, and who can endure it?
12 “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”
13 Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
14 Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
Read all of Joel 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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