Joel 2:3 Hebrew Word Analysis

9beforeלְפָנָ֗יוh6440
1devourethאָ֣כְלָהh398
2A fireאֵ֔שׁh784
10them and behindוְאַֽחֲרָיו֙h310
4burnethתְּלַהֵ֣טh3857
5them a flameלֶֽהָבָ֑הh3852
6is as the gardenכְּגַןh1588
7of Edenעֵ֨דֶןh5731
8the landהָאָ֜רֶץh776
9beforeלְפָנָ֗יוh6440
10them and behindוְאַֽחֲרָיו֙h310
11wildernessמִדְבַּ֣רh4057
12them a desolateשְׁמָמָ֔הh8077
13וְגַםh1571
14yea and nothing shall escapeפְּלֵיטָ֖הh6413
15לֹאh3808
16הָ֥יְתָהh1961
17לּֽוֹ׃h0

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

American Standard Version (ASV)

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.

World English Bible (WEB)

A fire devours before them, And behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden `is' the land before it, And after it a wilderness -- a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,