King James Version
Joel 1:2 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Joel chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
Joel 1:2 · KJV
The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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?
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. That which the palmerworm: Heb. The residue of the palmerworm
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“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“and give ear”
H238to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e., (by implication) to listen
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all ye inhabitants”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Hath this been in your days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“or even”
H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“Hath this been in your days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“of your fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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