Joel 3:3
ContextNETBible | and they cast lots for my people. They traded 1 a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 2 |
NIV © biblegateway Joe 3:3 |
They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink. |
NASB © biblegateway Joe 3:3 |
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. |
NLT © biblegateway Joe 3:3 |
They cast lots to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded young boys for prostitutes and little girls for enough wine to get drunk. |
MSG © biblegateway Joe 3:3 |
They threw dice for my people and used them for barter. They would trade a boy for a whore, sell a girl for a bottle of wine when they wanted a drink. |
BBE © SABDAweb Joe 3:3 |
And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Joe 3:3 |
and cast lots for my people, and traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it down. |
NKJV © biblegateway Joe 3:3 |
They have cast lots for My people, Have given a boy as payment for a harlot, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink. |
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HEBREW |
NETBible | and they cast lots for my people. They traded 1 a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “gave.” 2 sn Heb “and they drank.” Joel vividly refers to a situation where innocent human life has little value; its only worth is its use in somehow satisfying selfish appetites of wicked people who have control over others (cf. Amos 2:6 and 8:6). |