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Joel 2:25

NETBible	I will make up for the years¹ that the ‘arbeh-locust² consumed your crops³ – the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust – my great army⁴ that I sent against you.
NIV © biblegateway Joe 2:25	"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten— the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm— my great army that I sent among you.
NASB © biblegateway Joe 2:25	"Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you.
NLT © biblegateway Joe 2:25	The LORD says, "I will give you back what you lost to the stripping locusts, the cutting locusts, the swarming locusts, and the hopping locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you.
MSG © biblegateway Joe 2:25	"I'll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastation--Locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, That great locust invasion I sent your way.
BBE © SABDAweb Joe 2:25	I will give back to you the years which were food for the locust, the plant-worm, the field-fly, and the worm, my great army which I sent among you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joe 2:25	I will repay you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent against you.
NKJV © biblegateway Joe 2:25	"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you.
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KJV	And I will restore <07999> (8765) to you the years <08141> that the locust <0697> hath eaten <0398> (8804)_, the cankerworm <03218>_, and the caterpiller <02625>_, and the palmerworm <01501>_, my great <01419> army <02428> which I sent <07971> (8765) among you.
NASB © biblegateway Joe 2:25	"Then I will make <07999> up to you for the years <08141> That the swarming <0697> locust <0697> has eaten <0398> , The creeping <03218> locust <03218> , the stripping <02625> locust <02625> and the gnawing <01501> locust <01501> , My great <01419> army <02428> which <0834> I sent <07971> among you.
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ antapodwsw <467> V-FAI-1S umin <4771> P-DP anti <473> PREP twn <3588> T-GPN etwn <2094> N-GPN wn <3739> R-GPN katefagen <2719> V-AAI-3S h <3588> T-NSF akriv <200> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM broucov {N-NSM} kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF erusibh {N-NSF} kai <2532> CONJ h <3588> T-NSF kamph {N-NSF} h <3588> T-NSF dunamiv <1411> N-NSF mou <1473> P-GS h <3588> T-NSF megalh <3173> A-NSF hn <3739> R-ASF exapesteila <1821> V-AAI-1S eiv <1519> PREP umav <4771> P-AP
NET [draft] ITL	I will make up <07999> for the years <08141> that <0834> the ‘arbeh-locust <0697> consumed <0398> your crops– the yeleq-locust <03218> , the hasil-locust <02625> , and the gazam-locust <01501> – my great <01419> army <02426> that <0834> I sent against <07971> you.
HEBREW	Mkb <0> ytxls <07971> rsa <0834> lwdgh <01419> ylyx <02426> Mzghw <01501> lyoxhw <02625> qlyh <03218> hbrah <0697> lka <0398> rsa <0834> Mynsh <08141> ta <0853> Mkl <0> ytmlsw (2:25) <07999>

NETBible

I will make up for the years¹ that the ‘arbeh-locust² consumed your crops³ – the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust – my great army⁴ that I sent against you.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “I will restore to you the years.”

¹sn The plural years suggests that the plague to which Joel refers was not limited to a single season. Apparently the locusts were a major problem over several successive years. One season of drought and locust invasion would have been bad enough. Several such years would have been devastating.

²sn The same four terms for locust are used here as in 1:4, but in a different order. This fact creates some difficulty for the notion that the four words refer to four distinct stages of locust development.

³tn The term “your crops” does not appear in the Hebrew, but has been supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.

⁴sn Here Joel employs military language to describe the locusts. In the prophet’s thinking this invasion was far from being a freak accident. Rather, the Lord is pictured here as a divine warrior who leads his army into the land as a punishment for past sin and as a means of bringing about spiritual renewal on the part of the people.