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Joel 1:2

Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

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ASV

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

KJV

Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-hearH8085 →
זֹאת֙zoTthisH2063 →
הַזְּקֵנִ֔יםha.ze.ke.NimO eldersH2205 →
וְהַֽאֲזִ֔ינוּve.ha.'a.Zi.nuand give earH238 →
כֹּ֖לkolO allH3605 →
יוֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הֶהָ֤יְתָהhe.Ha.ye.tah¿ has it happenedH1961 →
זֹּאת֙zoTthisH2063 →
בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔םbi.mei.Khemin days yourH3117 →
וְאִ֖םve.'Imand or?H518 →
בִּימֵ֥יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117 →
אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃'a.Vo.tei.Khemancestors yourH1 →

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Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.Job 8:8Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.Jeremiah 30:7How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.Deuteronomy 4:32Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?Job 12:12Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.Amos 5:1Hear this word, O house of Israel, this lamentation I take up against you:Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.Job 15:10Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.Micah 3:1Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!Matthew 24:21For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?Amos 3:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:Isaiah 34:1Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

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