Joel 2:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joel 2:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.

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KJV

King James Version

The appearance of them [is] as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.

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WEB

World English Bible

Their appearance is as the appearance of horses, and they run as horsemen.

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ASV

American Standard Version

The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so do they run.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joel 2

² a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

³ Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland—surely nothing will escape them.

⁴ Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.

⁵ With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

⁶ Nations writhe in horror before them; every face turns pale.

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