Joel 2:9
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.
KJV
Urbem ingredientur, in muro current, domos conscendent, per fenestras intrabunt quasi fur.
Vulgate
τῆς πόλεως ἐπιλήμψονται, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν τειχέων δραμοῦνται, καὶ ἐπὶ ταῖς οἰκίαις ἀναβήσονται, καὶ διὰ θυρίδων εἰσελεύσονται ὡς κλέπται.
LXX
They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
ASV
בָּ/עִ֣יר יָשֹׁ֗קּוּ בַּֽ/חוֹמָה֙ יְרֻצ֔וּ/ן בַּ/בָּתִּ֖ים יַעֲל֑וּ בְּעַ֧ד הַ/חַלּוֹנִ֛ים יָבֹ֖אוּ כַּ/גַּנָּֽב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 10:6 — And 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 upo
- Jer 9:21 — For 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.
- John 10:1 — Verily, 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.