Joel 1:8

Joel 1:8 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth

grieving for the betrothed of her youth.

8¶Wail like a virgin clothed with sackcloth

For the groom of her youth.

8¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with sackcloth

For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].

8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,

grieving for the husband of her youth.

8Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

8Mourne like a virgine girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

8Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth

for the husband of her youth!

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.

8Cry loudly, like a young woman who is wearing sackcloth.

She is crying at the funeral of the man that she hoped to marry.

8Wail, as a virgin girds with sackcloth, || For the husband of her youth.