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the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Literal Standard Version
Joel 3:3
And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman for wine, || That they may drink.
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Christian Standard Bible®
They cast lots for my people;they bartered a boy for a prostituteand sold a girl for wine to drink.
They cast lots for my people;they bartered a boy for a prostituteand sold a girl for wine to drink.
Hebrew Names Version
And have cast lots for my people, And have given a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
And have cast lots for my people, And have given a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
King James Version
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
English Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
New American Standard Bible
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine so that they may drink.
New Century Version
and threw lots for my people. They traded boys for prostitutes, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.
and threw lots for my people. They traded boys for prostitutes, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.
Amplified Bible
"They have also cast lots for My people, And have traded a boy for a prostitute And have sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
"They have also cast lots for My people, And have traded a boy for a prostitute And have sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, & sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.
And they haue cast lottes for my people, and haue giuen the childe for the harlot, & sold the girle for wine, that they might drinke.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Legacy Standard Bible
They have also cast lots for My people,Traded a boy for a harlot,And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
They have also cast lots for My people,Traded a boy for a harlot,And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
Berean Standard Bible
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Contemporary English Version
and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.
and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will show wonders in the sky and on earth — blood, fire and columns of smoke.
I will show wonders in the sky and on earth — blood, fire and columns of smoke.
Darby Translation
and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].
and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
They threw lots for my people. They sold boys to buy a prostitute, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.
They threw lots for my people. They sold boys to buy a prostitute, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.
George Lamsa Translation
And they have cast lots for my people, and have given boys for the price of harlots, and sold the girls for wine, that they might drink.
And they have cast lots for my people, and have given boys for the price of harlots, and sold the girls for wine, that they might drink.
Good News Translation
They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.
They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.
Lexham English Bible
For my people they cast lots, and they traded the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank it.
For my people they cast lots, and they traded the male child for the prostitute, and the female child they sold for wine and they drank it.
Literal Translation
And they have cast lots for My people. And they have given a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, and they drank.
And they have cast lots for My people. And they have given a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, and they drank.
American Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
[4:3] And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.
[4:3] And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.
King James Version (1611)
And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.
And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thei haue cast lottes for my people, and chaunged the boy for an harlot, and solde the gyrle for wine, that they might drynke.
And thei haue cast lottes for my people, and chaunged the boy for an harlot, and solde the gyrle for wine, that they might drynke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.
and cast lots over my people, and have given their boys to harlots, and sold their girls for wine, and have drunk.
English Revised Version
and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
and they have cast lots for my people: and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
World English Bible
And have cast lots for my people, And have given a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
And have cast lots for my people, And have given a boy for a prostitute, And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei settiden a knaue child in the bordel hous, and seelden a damesel for wyn, that thei schulden drynke.
and thei settiden a knaue child in the bordel hous, and seelden a damesel for wyn, that thei schulden drynke.
Update Bible Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
New English Translation
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.
New King James Version
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.
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.
New Living Translation
They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.
They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.
New Life Bible
They have drawn names to see who would get My people. They have traded a boy for a woman who sells the use of her body. And they have sold a girl for wine to drink.
They have drawn names to see who would get My people. They have traded a boy for a woman who sells the use of her body. And they have sold a girl for wine to drink.
New Revised Standard
and cast lots for my people, and traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it down.
and cast lots for my people, and traded boys for prostitutes, and sold girls for wine, and drunk it down.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, for my people, they cast lots, - and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine - and drank.
And, for my people, they cast lots, - and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine - and drank.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
Revised Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.
Young's Literal Translation
And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yee they haue cast lottes for my people, the yonge me haue they set in the brodel house, & solde the Damsels for wyne, yt they might haue to drike.
yee they haue cast lottes for my people, the yonge me haue they set in the brodel house, & solde the Damsels for wyne, yt they might haue to drike.
Contextual Overview
1"For behold, in those days, and in that time, || When I turn back [to] the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2Then I have gathered all the nations, || And caused them to go down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, || And I have been in judgment with them there, || Concerning My people and My inheritance—Israel, || Whom they scattered among nations, || And My land they have apportioned. 3And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman for wine, || That they may drink.4And also, what [are] you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon, || And all circuits of Philistia? Are you rendering repayment to Me? And if you are giving repayment to Me, || Swiftly, quickly, I return your repayment on your head. 5In that My silver and My gold you took, || And My desirable things that are good, || You have brought into your temples. 6And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, || You have sold to the sons of Javan, || To put them far off from their border. 7Behold, I am stirring them up out of the place || To where you have sold them, || And I have turned back your repayment on your head, 8And have sold your sons and your daughters || Into the hand of the sons of Judah, || And they have sold them to Sabeans, || To a nation far off, for YHWH has spoken."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
2 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 28:9, Amos 2:6, Obadiah 1:11, Nahum 3:10, Revelation 18:13
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:68 - there ye shall Ezekiel 16:33 - give Ezekiel 24:6 - let no Ezekiel 27:13 - the persons Joel 3:6 - have ye Amos 4:1 - Bring Amos 8:6 - General Micah 1:7 - for
Cross-References
Genesis 3:12
And the man says, "The woman whom You placed with me—she has given to me from the tree, and I eat."
And the man says, "The woman whom You placed with me—she has given to me from the tree, and I eat."
Genesis 3:13
And YHWH God says to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" And the woman says, "The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat."
And YHWH God says to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" And the woman says, "The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat."
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[or husband]], and He [[or he]] will rule over you."
To the woman He said, "Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[or husband]], and He [[or he]] will rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
And to the man He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life,
And to the man He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life,
Genesis 20:6
And God says to him in the dream, "Indeed, I have known that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I withhold you, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not permitted you to come against her;
And God says to him in the dream, "Indeed, I have known that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I withhold you, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not permitted you to come against her;
1 Chronicles 16:22
Do not come against My anointed ones, || And do no evil against My prophets.
Do not come against My anointed ones, || And do no evil against My prophets.
Job 1:11
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance has spread in the land, and yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike against anything that he has—if not, he blesses You to Your face!"
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance has spread in the land, and yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike against anything that he has—if not, he blesses You to Your face!"
Job 2:5
Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!"
Yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike to his bone and to his flesh—if not, he blesses You to Your face!"
Job 19:21
Pity me, pity me, you my friends, || For the hand of God has struck against me.
Pity me, pity me, you my friends, || For the hand of God has struck against me.
1 Corinthians 7:1
And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman,
And concerning the things of which you wrote to me: [it is] good for a man not to touch a woman,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they have cast lots for my people,.... Not only parted their land, but cast lots for their persons, Or played at dice for them, how many captives each soldier should have, and which should be their share and property: ninety seven thousand Jews, Josephus d says, were carried captive by the Romans, who, very probably, cast lots for them, as was usual in such cases; see Nahum 3:10;
and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink; either they gave a boy to be prostituted to natural lusts, in lieu of a whore; and a girl to be debauched for a bottle of wine: or they gave a boy for the price of a whore, as the Targum and Kimchi interpret it; that is, they gave a boy, instead of money, to a whore, to lie with her, as the eunuch was given to Thais; and they gave a girl to the wine merchant for as much wine as they could drink at one sitting. These phrases both express their uncleanness and intemperance, and also the low price and value they set upon their captives; and is applicable enough to the Papists, notorious for the same abominable lusts.
d De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And they have cast lots - They treated God’s people as of no account, and delighted in showing their contempt toward them. They chose no one above another, as though all alike were worthless. “They cast lots,” it is said elsewhere, “upon their honorable men” Nahum 3:10, as a special indignity, above captivity or slavery. A “girl” they sold for an evening’s revelry, and a “boy” they exchanged for a night’s debauch.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joel 3:3. Have given a boy for a harlot — To such wretched circumstances were the poor Jews reduced in their captivity, that their children were sold by their oppressors; and both males and females used for the basest purposes. And they were often bartered for the necessaries or luxuries of life. Or this may refer to the issue of the Chaldean war in Judea, where the captives were divided among the victors. And being set in companies, they cast lots for them: and those to whom they fell sold them for various purposes; the boys to be slaves and catamites, the girls to be prostitutes; and in return for them they got wine and such things. I think this is the meaning of the text.
