11 translations · Hebrew
Joel 2:28
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
Joel 2:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- KJV King James Version
- And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And it has come to pass afterward, || I pour out My Spirit on all flesh, || And your sons and your daughters have prophesied, || Your old men dream dreams, || Your young men see visions.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- After this I will pour out my Spirit on everyone. Your sons and daughters will be my prophets, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And it shall come to pass afterwards [that] I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה | wə·hā·yāh | And | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| אַֽחֲרֵי־ | ’a·ḥă·rê- | afterward | H310 אַחַר after |
| כֵ֗ן | ḵên | — | H3651 כֵּן right |
| אֶשְׁפּ֤וֹךְ | ’eš·pō·wḵ | I will pour out | H8210 שָׁפַךְ to pour: pour |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| רוּחִי֙ | rū·ḥî | My Spirit | H7307 רוּחַ spirit |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| כָּל־ | kāl- | all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| בָּשָׂ֔ר | bā·śār | people | H1320 בָּשָׂר flesh |
| וְנִבְּא֖וּ | wə·nib·bə·’ū | will prophesy | H5012 נָבָא to prophesy |
| בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם | bə·nê·ḵem | Your sons | H1121 בֵּן son: child |
| וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | ū·ḇə·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem | and daughters | H1323 בַּת daughter |
| זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ | ziq·nê·ḵem | your old | H2205 זָקֵן old: elder |
| חֲלֹמ֣וֹת | ḥă·lō·mō·wṯ | — | H2472 חֲלוֹם dream |
| יַחֲלֹמ֔וּן | ya·ḥă·lō·mūn | men will dream dreams | H2492 חָלַם be healthy |
| בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם | ba·ḥū·rê·ḵem | your young men | H970 בָּחוּר youth |
| חֶזְיֹנ֖וֹת | ḥez·yō·nō·wṯ | visions | H2384 חִזָּיוֹן vision |
| יִרְאֽוּ׃ | yir·’ū | will see | H7200 רָאָה to see: see |
Related verses
- Acts 2:16–21
But this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams. Yes, and on my servants and on my handmaidens in those days, I will pour out my Spirit, and they will prophesy. …
- Ezekiel 39:29
I won’t hide my face from them any more; for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel,’ says the Lord Yahweh.”
- Isaiah 32:15
Until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
- Acts 2:39
For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
- Acts 2:2–4
Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak.
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
- Zechariah 12:10
I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
- Acts 11:15–18
As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning. I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’ If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?” …
- Proverbs 1:23
Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you.
- John 7:39
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
26 You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, who has dealt wondrously with you; and my people will never again be disappointed.
27 You will know that I am among Israel, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; and my people will never again be disappointed.
28 “It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.
29 And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.
30 I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
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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