Joel 2:25

Joel 2:25 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

25“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—

the great locust and the young locust,

the other locusts and the locust swarm2:25 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.—

my great army that I sent among you.

25“Then I will compensate you for the years

That the 2:25 Or migratoryswarming locust has eaten,

The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—

My great army which I sent among you.

25“Then I will make up to you for the years

That the swarming locust has eaten,

The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust,

My great army which I sent among you.

25“And I will compensate you for the years

That the swarming locust has eaten,

The creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust—

My great army which I sent among you.

25I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts —

the swarming locust, the young locust,

the destroying locust, and the devouring locust2:25 The precise identification of the four kinds of insects mentioned here is uncertain.—

My great army that I sent against you.

25The Lord says,

“I sent a great army of locusts to attack you.

They included common locusts, giant locusts,

young locusts and other locusts.

I will make up for the years

they ate your crops.