Joel 2:21

King James Version

Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t be afraid, land;rejoice and be glad,for the Lord has done astonishing things.

Hebrew Names Version
Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.

English Standard Version
"Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!

New American Standard Bible
Do not fear, land; shout for joy and rejoice, For the LORD has done great things.

New Century Version
Land, don't be afraid; be happy and full of joy, because the Lord has done a wonderful thing.

Amplified Bible
Do not fear, O land; be glad and rejoice, For the LORD has done great things!

Geneva Bible (1587)
Feare not, O land, but be glad, and reioyce: for the Lord wil do great things.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the LORD has done great things.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad,For Yahweh has done great things.

Berean Standard Bible
Do not be afraid, O land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD has done great things.

Contemporary English Version
and does great things. So tell the soil to celebrate

Complete Jewish Bible
Don't fear, O soil; be glad! rejoice! for Adonai has done great things.

Darby Translation
—Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for Jehovah doeth great things.

Easy-to-Read Version
Land, don't be afraid. Be happy and full of joy. The Lord will do great things.

George Lamsa Translation
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for the LORD has exalted himself to do wonderful things.

Good News Translation
"Fields, don't be afraid, but be joyful and glad because of all the Lord has done for you.

Lexham English Bible
Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, because Yahweh has done great things.

Literal Translation
Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice, for Jehovah is doing great things.

American Standard Version
Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Jehovah hath done great things.

Bible in Basic English
Have no fear, O land; be glad with great joy; for the Lord has done great things.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for the LORD hath done great things.

King James Version (1611)
Feare not, O land, be glad and reioyce: for the Lord will doe great things.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Feare not O thou lande, be glad and reioyce: for the Lorde wyll do great thinges.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.

English Revised Version
Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice; for the LORD hath done great things.

World English Bible
Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Erthe, nyle thou drede, make thou ful out ioye, and be glad; for the Lord magnefiede that he schulde do.

Update Bible Version
Don't be afraid, O land, be glad and rejoice; for Yahweh has done great things.

Webster's Bible Translation
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.

New English Translation
Do not fear, my land! Rejoice and be glad, because the Lord has accomplished great things!

New King James Version
Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the LORD has done marvelous things!

New Living Translation
Don't be afraid, O land. Be glad now and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things.

New Life Bible
Do not be afraid, O land. Have joy and be glad, for the Lord has done great things.

New Revised Standard
Do not fear, O soil; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be not thou afraid, O soil, - exult and rejoice, because Yahweh, hath shown himself great, in doing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Fear not, O land, be glad, and rejoice: for the Lord hath done great things.

Revised Standard Version
"Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things!

Young's Literal Translation
Do not fear, O land! joy and rejoice, For Jehovah hath exerted Himself to work.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Feare not (o londe) but be glad and reioyse, for the LORDE wil do greate thinges.

THE MESSAGE
Fear not, Earth! Be glad and celebrate! God has done great things. Fear not, wild animals! The fields and meadows are greening up. The trees are bearing fruit again: a bumper crop of fig trees and vines! Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God . He's giving you a teacher to train you how to live right— Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. And plenty of food for your body—silos full of grain, casks of wine and barrels of olive oil.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people. ¹⁹ Yea, the Lord will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: ²⁰ But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. ²¹ Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do great things. ²² Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. ²³ Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. ²⁴ And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. ²⁵ And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. ²⁶ And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. ²⁷ And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

Bible Verse Review
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Fear: Genesis 15:1, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 54:4, Jeremiah 30:9, Jeremiah 30:10, Zephaniah 3:16, Zephaniah 3:17, Zechariah 8:15

be glad: Psalms 65:12, Psalms 65:13, Psalms 96:11, Psalms 96:12, Psalms 98:8, Isaiah 35:1, Isaiah 44:23, Isaiah 55:12, Hosea 2:21

for: Joel 2:20, Deuteronomy 4:32, 1 Samuel 12:16, 1 Samuel 12:24, Psalms 71:19, Psalms 126:1-3, Jeremiah 33:3

Reciprocal: Psalms 65:11 - thy paths Isaiah 30:23 - shall he Joel 2:26 - that Hebrews 6:7 - the earth

Cross-References

Genesis 15:12
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

1 Samuel 26:12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Daniel 8:18
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Fear not, O land,.... O land of Israel, as the Targum, and the inhabitants of it; neither of the locusts, who had so terrified them, and had done so much mischief, and threatened more; nor of their enemies, the Assyrians or Chaldeans, and their powerful armies, or any other; but, on the contrary,

be glad, and rejoice; at the removal of the locusts, and at the destruction of their enemies:

for the Lord will do great things; good things, in opposition to the evil things done by the locusts, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech observe; or by the destroying army of the king of Assyria, by delivering the Jews out of the Babylonish captivity; and in the times of the Maccabees, and especially in the times of Christ, which are quickly prophesied of in this chapter; and which prophecies some interpreters begin here, it not being unusual for the prophets to pass directly from things temporal to things spiritual, and especially to the great deliverance and salvation by Christ, and also by temporal blessings to design spiritual ones.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fear not, O land - Before, they were bidden to tremble Joel 2:1, now they are bidden, “fear not;” before, “to turn in weeping, fasting and mourning;” now, “to bound for joy and rejoice;” before, “the land mourned;” now, “the land is bidden to rejoice.” The enemy had “done great things;” now the cause of joy is that God had “done great things;” the Almightiness of God overwhelming and sweeping over the might put forth to destroy. It is better rendered, “the Lord hath done great things.” If Joel includes herein God’s great doings yet to come, he speaks of them as, in the purpose of God, already in being; or he may, in this verse, presuppose that this new order of God’s mercies has begun, in the destruction of the Pagan foe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Fear not - for the Lord will do great things. — The words are repeated from the preceding verse; Jehovah will do great things in driving them away, and supernaturally restoring the land to fertility.