Joel 2:6

NETBible

People 1  writhe in fear when they see them. 2  All of their faces turn pale with fright. 3 

NIV ©

At the sight of them, nations are in anguish; every face turns pale.

NASB ©

Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale.

NLT ©

Fear grips all the people; every face grows pale with fright.

MSG ©

At the sight of this army, the people panic, faces white with terror.

BBE ©

At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.

NRSV ©

Before them peoples are in anguish, all faces grow pale.

NKJV ©

Before them the people writhe in pain; All faces are drained of color.

KJV
Before their face
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the people
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shall be much pained
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all faces
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shall gather
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blackness
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{blackness: Heb. pot}
NASB ©
Before
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<6440> them the people
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are in anguish
<2342>
; All
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faces
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turn
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pale
<6289>
.
LXXM
apo
<575> 
PREP
proswpou
<4383> 
N-GSN
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
suntribhsontai
<4937> 
V-FPI-3P
laoi
<2992> 
N-NPM
pan
<3956> 
A-NSN
proswpon
<4383> 
N-NSN
wv
<3739> 
CONJ
proskauma {N-NSN} cutrav {N-GSF}
NET [draft] ITL
People
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writhe in fear
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when they see them. All
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of their faces
<06440>
turn
<06908>
pale
<06289>
with fright.
HEBREW
rwrap
<06289>
wubq
<06908>
Mynp
<06440>
lk
<03605>
Myme
<05971>
wlyxy
<02342>
wynpm (2:6)
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NETBible

People 1  writhe in fear when they see them. 2  All of their faces turn pale with fright. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Or “nations.”

2 tn Heb “before it.”

3 tn Heb “all faces gather beauty”; or “all faces gather a glow.” The Hebrew word פָּארוּר (pa’rur) is found in the OT only here and in Nah 2:11. Its meaning is very uncertain. Some scholars associate it with a root that signifies “glowing”; hence “all faces gather a glow of dread.” Others associate the word with פָּרוּר (parur, “pot”); hence “all faces gather blackness.” Still others take the root to signify “beauty”; hence “all faces gather in their beauty” in the sense of growing pale due to fear. This is the view assumed here.