Jol Joel, chapter Book of Joel, chapter 2

Translations Compare

A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land [is] as the garden of ‘Eden [pleasure] before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them.Psa 50:3

Joel 2:3 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

ASV A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.

BSB Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland — surely nothing will escape them.

DRA Before the face thereof a devouring fire, and behind it a burning flame: the land is like a garden of pleasure before it, and behind it a desolate wilderness, neither is there any one that can escape it.

FBV Fire blazes in front of them, behind them flames are burning. In front of them the land looks like the Garden of Eden, behind them is a desert of total desolation: not a single survivor remains.

GNV A fire deuoureth before him, and behinde him a flame burneth vp: the land is as the garden of Eden before him, and behinde him a desolate wildernesse, so that nothing shall escape him.

JPS A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame blazeth; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing escapeth them.

LSV Before it fire has consumed, || And after it a flame burns, || As the Garden of Eden [is] the land before it, || And after it a wilderness—a desolation! And also there has not been to it an escape,

NASB A fire consumes before them, And behind them a flame devours. The land is like the Garden of Eden before them, But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. NASB 2020

NIV (US) Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste— nothing escapes them.

OJB An eish devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth; ha'aretz is as the Gan Eden before them, and behind them a desolate midbar; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

T4T It is as though the locusts bring flames of fire from which no one can escape. In front of them, the land was beautiful like [SIM] the garden of Eden, but behind them the land is like a desert and nothing survives.

WEB (US) A fire devours before them, and behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Перед ним пожирает огонь, а за ним палит пламя; перед ним земля как сад Едемский, а позади него будет опустошенная степь, и никому не будет спасения от него.

РСП (юбил.) Перед ним пожирает огонь, а за ним палит пламя; перед ним земля — как сад Эдемский, а позади него будет опустошенная степь, и никому не будет спасения от него.

НРП Перед ними — пожирающее пламя, а позади — опаляющий огонь. До них земля — как Эдемский сад, а после них — как выжженная пустыня, и никому не будет спасения от этого народа.

Заокская (Кулаков) Перед ним огонь, всё пожирающий, позади него полыхает пламя. Земля пред воинством сим — сад Эдемский, а за спиной у него — уже пустыня. И ничто от него не укроется.

СП (БЛ) Это войско уничтожит землю, словно пожар дотла спалит её. Перед ним земля подобна Эдемскому саду, а позади — словно голая пустыня. Никому и ничему нет спасения от него!