Joel 2:9
Bible › Joel › Chapter 2 › Verse 9
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
In other translations
They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
Hebrew words
בָּעִירba'iron the cityH5892יָשֹׁקּוּyashokuthey rushH8264בַּחוֹמָהbachomahon the wallH2346יְרֻצוּןyerutzunthey run !H7323בַּבָּתִּיםbabatimin the housesH1004יַעֲלוּya'aluthey go upH5927בְּעַדbe'adthroughH1157הַחַלּוֹנִיםhachalonimthe windowsH2474יָבֹאוּyavo'uthey goH935כַּגַּנָּב׃kaganavlike <the> thiefH1590
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Jeremiah 9:21For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- John 10:1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
- Exodus 10:6And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers’ fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
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