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Joel 1:2

World English Bible

Hear this, you elders,
And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
Has this ever happened in your days,
or in the days of your fathers?

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Joel 1:2 in other translations

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?

Joel 1:2 · American Standard Version

Joel 1:2 in context

  1. 1Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
  2. 2Hear this, you elders,
    And listen, all you inhabitants of the land.
    Has this ever happened in your days,
    or in the days of your fathers?
  3. 3Tell your children about it,
    and have your children tell their children,
    and their children, another generation.
  4. 4What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten.
    What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten.
    What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.