Joel 1:17
King James Version (KJV)
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
In context
15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
16 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
17 The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
18 How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
19 O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
Joel 1:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
- WEB World English Bible
- The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The seed hath perished under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.