New International Version (NIV)
8Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth
grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
Joel 1:8
Joel 1:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
8¶Wail like a virgin clothed with sackcloth
For the groom of her youth.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
8Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
8¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with 1:8 A coarse cloth made from goat’s hair. It was worn as a sign of mourning or as an act of penitence.sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,
grieving for the husband of her youth.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
8My people, mourn like a virgin
who is dressed in the clothes of sadness.
She is sad because she has lost
the young man she was going to marry.