Joel 1:6
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For a nation has come up upon my land, strong and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
For a [pagan and hostile] nation has invaded My land [like locusts], Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a [heathen and hostile] nation [of locusts, illustrative of a human foe] has invaded My land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
because a nation, powerful and beyond number, has invaded my land. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth; its fangs are like those of a lioness.
For a mighty and numberless nation has invaded my land. His teeth are lion’s teeth; his fangs are those of a lioness.
A powerful nation with countless troops has invaded our land. They have the teeth and jaws of powerful lions.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a lioness.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong and without number: his teeth are like the teeth of a lion: and his cheek teeth as of a lion's whelp.
A powerful nation came to attack my land. Its soldiers were too many to count. Its weapons were as sharp as a lion’s teeth and as powerful as a lion’s jaw.
A strong army has marched into my land. It is powerful, and great in numbers. It has the teeth of a strong animal. And the teeth are long and dangerous.
A nation has come up into my land, powerful and without number. It has teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; its teeth are lions' teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and beyond number; its teeth are lions' teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
A ·powerful [mighty] nation has ·come into [invaded; come up against] my land ·with too many soldiers to count [L without number]. It has teeth like a lion, ·jaws [fangs] like a ·female lion [lioness].
Yea, a nation cometh upon my land, mighty and without number, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lion, and he hath the jaws of a great lion.
A strong nation attacked my land. It has too many soldiers to count. They have teeth like lions. They have fangs like grown lions.
An army of locusts has attacked our land; they are powerful and too many to count; their teeth are as sharp as those of a lion.
For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
A powerful nation has come into my land. It has too many soldiers to count. It has teeth like a lion. And it has fangs like a female lion.
Indeed, a nation has invaded my land— it is strong and its population is too large to count— with teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
For a people has come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the molars of a great lion.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
For a nation has come up against my land, Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness.
Because a nation has invaded my land, strong and beyond counting. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are those of a lioness.
A vast army of locusts covers the land. It is a terrible army too numerous to count, with teeth as sharp as those of lions!
Sober up, you drunks! Get in touch with reality—and weep! Your supply of booze is cut off. You’re on the wagon, like it or not. My country’s being invaded by an army invincible, past numbering, Teeth like those of a lion, fangs like those of a tiger. It has ruined my vineyards, stripped my orchards, And clear-cut the country. The landscape’s a moonscape.
For a nation powerful and innumerable has invaded my land; its teeth are like the teeth of a lion, like the fangs of a lioness.
A strong nation attacked my land. It has too many soldiers to count. They have teeth like lions. They have fangs like grown lions.
For a nation invaded my land, powerful and past counting, With teeth like a lion’s, fangs like those of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the jaws of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and too vast to count, possessing teeth like those of a lion, and the fangs of a lioness.
A powerful nation has come into my land with too many soldiers to count. It has teeth like a lion, jaws like a female lion.
For a nation has invaded my land, mighty and without number. Their teeth are lion’s teeth; they have the fangs of a lioness.
The locusts are like a mighty army that has marched into our land. There are so many of them they can’t even be counted. Their teeth are as sharp as a lion’s teeth. They are like the fangs of a female lion.
A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has come up against My land, Strong, and without number; His teeth are the teeth of a lion, And he has the fangs of a fierce lion.
A nation has come to fight against my land. Its army is powerful, with too many to number. Its teeth are the teeth of a lion. It has the long, sharp teeth of a female lion.
A vast army of locusts has invaded my land, a terrible army too numerous to count. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth, its fangs like those of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and innumerable; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and innumerable; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and innumerable; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land, powerful and innumerable; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a Goy is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of an aryeh (lion), and he hath the fangs of a lioness.
“Yea, a nation comes upon My land, mighty and without number, whose teeth are like the teeth of a lion. And he has the jaws of a great lion.
For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and without number; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has come up against my land, powerful and without number; its teeth are lions’ teeth, and it has the fangs of a lioness.
For a nation has invaded my land. Vast—yes, without number! Its teeth are lion’s teeth, with jaw-teeth of a lioness.
Eternal One: For a people invaded My land. Their army is strong; their numbers cannot be counted. They attack with teeth as sharp as a lion’s; they bare their fangs like a lioness.
For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.
For why a folk strong and unnumberable ascended on my land. The teeth thereof be as the teeth of a lion, and the cheek teeth thereof be as of a whelp of a lion. (For a people, strong and innumerable, came upon my land. Their teeth be like the teeth of a lion; and their molars be like that of a lion’s cub.)
For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a lion, And it hath the jaw-teeth of a lioness.
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