Joel 2:6
Strong's Lexicon
Nations
עַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5971: 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men 2) kinsman, kindred

writhe in horror
יָחִ֣ילוּ (yā·ḥî·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2342: 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dance 1a2) to twist, writhe 1a3) to whirl, whirl about 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to dance 1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth 1b3) to wait anxiously 1c) (Pulal) 1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear 1c2) to be brought forth 1d) (Hophal) to be born 1e) (Hithpolel) 1e1) whirling (participle) 1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle) 1e3) to wait longingly 1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

before them;
מִפָּנָ֖יו (mip·pā·nāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

face
פָּנִ֖ים (pā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

turns pale
קִבְּצ֥וּ (qib·bə·ṣū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6908: 1) to gather, assemble 1a) (Qal) to gather, collect, assemble 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to assemble, gather 1b2) to be gathered 1c) (Piel) to gather, gather together, take away 1d) (Pual) to be gathered together 1e) (Hithpael) to gather together, be gathered together

פָארֽוּר׃ (p̄ā·rūr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6289: 1) glow, heat 1a) meaning dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

Young's Literal Translation
From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale .

New American Standard Bible
Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale.

King James Bible
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale.

New Living Translation
Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with terror.

English Standard Version
Before them peoples are in anguish; all faces grow pale.

New American Standard Bible
Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale.

King James Bible
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale.

International Standard Version
The people are terrified in their presence; every face grows pale.

NET Bible
People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.

American Standard Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

English Revised Version
At their presence the peoples are in anguish: all faces are waxed pale.

Young's Literal Translation
From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.
















Cross References
Isaiah 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.

Jeremiah 8:21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Jeremiah 30:6
Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Nahum 2:10
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.

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

Joel 2:5
Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Joel 2:4
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

Joel 2:3
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:7
They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

Joel 2:8
Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

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.
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