Joel 2:8

And each his brother they press not, Each in his way they go on, If by the missile they fall, they are not cut off.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

In Context

7As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.

9In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 32:5And he strengtheneth himself, and buildeth the whole of the wall that is broken, and causeth [it] to ascend unto the towers, and at the outside of the wall another, and strengtheneth Millo, [in] the city of David, and maketh darts in abundance, and shields.

Nehemiah 4:23and there are none — I and my brethren and my servants, the men of the guard who [are] after me — there are none of us putting off our garments, each [hath] his vessel of water.

Job 36:12And if they do not hearken, By the dart they pass away, And expire without knowledge.

Song of Solomon 4:13Thy shoots a paradise of pomegranates, With precious fruits,

Matthew Henry on Joel 2:2-12

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 720.) 1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; 2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. 3 A fire devoureth before them; and behind them… Read the whole commentary →

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