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the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The threshing floors will again be piled high with grain, and the presses will overflow with new wine and olive oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And the threshing floors shall be full of grain, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Grain will cover your threshing places; jars will overflow with wine and olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be filled with grain. The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The threshing places will be full of grain; the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be smothered in grain, and the vats will overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of wheat, and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the floors have been full [with] pure grain, "" And the presses have overflown [with] new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And full have been the floors with pure corn, And overflown have the presses with new wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the threshing-floors were filled with grain, and the wine-vats overflowed with new wine and new oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the floors shall be filled with wheat, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the threshing floors will be filled with grain, and the presses will overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The threshing floors will be full of grain, the vats spilling over with new wine and oil. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The threshing floors shall be full of grain, the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the threshing floors shall be full of grain, and the winepresses shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the granaries will be filled with grain, and wine and oil will overflow the winepresses<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the floors shall be full of corn, And the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/2-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=495" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joel/2.htm">Restoration Promised</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1637.htm" title="1637: hag·go·rā·nō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Threshing floor. From an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing- floor; by analogy, any open area.">The threshing floors</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mā·lə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">will be full of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1250.htm" title="1250: bār (N-ms) -- Grain, corn. Or bar; from barar; grain of any kind; by extens. The open country.">grain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3342.htm" title="3342: hay·qā·ḇîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Wine vat. From an unused root meaning to excavate; a trough; specifically, a wine-vat.">and the vats</a> <a href="/hebrew/7783.htm" title="7783: wə·hê·šî·qū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Probably to be abundant. A primitive root; to run after or over, i.e. Overflow.">will overflow</a> <a href="/hebrew/8492.htm" title="8492: tî·rō·wōš (N-ms) -- Or tiyrosh; from yarash in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice; by implication fermented wine.">with new wine</a> <a href="/hebrew/3323.htm" title="3323: wə·yiṣ·hār (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Fresh oil. From tsahar; oil; figuratively, anointing.">and oil.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Deuteronomy 28:8</a></span><br />The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9-10</a></span><br />Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-10.htm">Leviticus 26:10</a></span><br />You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13-14</a></span><br />“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Psalm 65:9-13</a></span><br />You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth. / You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth. / You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a></span><br />Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a></span><br />They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Ezekiel 36:29-30</a></span><br />I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you. / I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/2-19.htm">Haggai 2:19</a></span><br />Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a></span><br />The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-8.htm">2 Corinthians 9:8-10</a></span><br />And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. / As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” / Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a></span><br />And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-38.htm">Luke 6:38</a></span><br />Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Joel 3:13,18</a></b></br> Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness <i>is</i> great… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-10.htm">Leviticus 26:10</a></b></br> And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-9.htm">Proverbs 3:9,10</a></b></br> Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/hosea/9-2.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Full</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">New</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/daniel/11-40.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/daniel/11-22.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/daniel/11-22.htm">Overflown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-33.htm">Presses</a> <a href="/daniel/11-35.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Vats</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-5.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/genesis/6-16.htm">Floors</a> <a href="/joel/2-26.htm">Full</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/joel/3-18.htm">New</a> <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Oil</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Overflowing</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-15.htm">Overflown</a> <a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Presses</a> <a href="/amos/8-6.htm">Pure</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/joel/3-13.htm">Vats</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Wheat</a> <a href="/joel/3-3.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-1.htm">He shows unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-12.htm">He exhorts to repentance;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-15.htm">prescribes a fast;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-18.htm">promises a blessing thereon.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-21.htm">He comforts Zion with present,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/2-28.htm">and future blessings.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joel/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The threshing floors will be full of grain</b><br>This phrase signifies a time of abundance and restoration following a period of devastation. In the context of Joel, the land had suffered from a locust plague and drought, symbolizing judgment. The promise of full threshing floors indicates God's blessing and the reversal of previous hardships. Threshing floors were central to agricultural life in ancient Israel, where grain was separated from chaff. This imagery is often used in Scripture to depict God's provision (e.g., <a href="/ruth/3-2.htm">Ruth 3:2</a>, <a href="/proverbs/3-10.htm">Proverbs 3:10</a>). It also foreshadows the spiritual harvest and abundance found in Christ, who provides for His people (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).<p><b>and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil</b><br>The overflowing vats symbolize prosperity and the outpouring of God's favor. Wine and oil were staples in the ancient Near Eastern diet and economy, representing joy and anointing. The abundance of these elements points to a time of celebration and divine blessing. In biblical typology, wine often represents the blood of Christ and the joy of salvation (<a href="/matthew/26-27.htm">Matthew 26:27-29</a>), while oil is associated with the Holy Spirit and anointing (<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>). This imagery connects to the eschatological hope of a future where God's people experience fullness and joy in His presence, as seen in the Messianic banquet (<a href="/isaiah/25-6.htm">Isaiah 25:6</a>, <a href="/revelation/19-9.htm">Revelation 19:9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joel.htm">Joel</a></b><br>A prophet in the Old Testament, Joel's message is one of both warning and hope, calling the people of Judah to repentance and promising restoration.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Joel's prophecy. The people of Judah are experiencing devastation due to a locust plague and are called to return to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/threshing_floors.htm">Threshing Floors</a></b><br>Places where grain is separated from chaff. In this context, they symbolize abundance and God's provision.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/v/vats.htm">Vats</a></b><br>Containers used for storing wine and oil. Their overflowing condition signifies prosperity and blessing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/locust_plague.htm">Locust Plague</a></b><br>A devastating event described earlier in Joel, symbolizing judgment and the need for repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_promise_of_restoration.htm">God's Promise of Restoration</a></b><br>Despite past judgments, God promises to restore and bless His people when they return to Him. This encourages believers to trust in God's faithfulness and mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/abundance_as_a_sign_of_god's_favor.htm">Abundance as a Sign of God's Favor</a></b><br>The overflowing grain, wine, and oil symbolize God's favor and provision. Believers are reminded that true prosperity comes from a right relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_leads_to_renewal.htm">Repentance Leads to Renewal</a></b><br>The context of Joel emphasizes repentance as a precursor to blessing. Christians are called to examine their lives and turn back to God to experience His renewal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_abundance.htm">Spiritual Abundance</a></b><br>While the passage speaks of physical abundance, it also points to spiritual richness. Believers are encouraged to seek the fullness of life in Christ, which includes spiritual growth and fruitfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_scriptures_guide_emotions.htm">What do Bible verses say about abundance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_threshing_floor.htm">What defines a threshing floor?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_bible_verses_say_on_abundance.htm">What do Bible verses say about abundance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_amos_9_13's_prophecy_literal_or_symbolic.htm">Amos 9:13 - Is the prophecy of the plowman overtaking the reaper a literal farming impossibility, and does it conflict with more realistic agricultural references elsewhere in scripture?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 24-27.</span> - In these verses the prophet pictures the blessed effects of the abundant rain on the parched and barren land. Ver. 2i presents a contrast to vers. 10-12 of ch. 1; while the promise of corn and wine and oil in ver. 19, with which the present is closely connected, is performed. The perfects exhibit the Divine promise as actually accomplished. <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> The word <span class="hebrew">בּר</span>, from <span class="hebrew">בּרר</span>, to separate, denotes the pure grain separated from the husk or chaff and straw. <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> <span class="hebrew">שׁוּק</span> is" to run," and in Hiph.," to cause to run" as of fluids, then overflow; and Pilel in <a href="/psalms/65-10.htm">Psalm 65:10</a>, <span class="accented">shoqeq</span>, "to cause to overflow." <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> <span class="hebrew">יקב</span>, equivalent to <span class="hebrew">נקב</span>, is a vessel bored or hewn out, then the vat into which the wine trodden out in the wine-press, or the oil trodden out in the oil-press, flows; while <span class="hebrew">גח</span> is the press in which wine or oil, especially the former, is trodden out. <span class="cmt_word">I will restore to you the years</span>. This denotes either . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/2-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The threshing floors</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגֳּרָנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(hag·go·rā·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1637.htm">Strong's 1637: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing-floor, open area</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be full of</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמָלְא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mā·lə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grain,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1250.htm">Strong's 1250: </a> </span><span class="str2">Grain, the open country</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the vats</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיְקָבִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hay·qā·ḇîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3342.htm">Strong's 3342: </a> </span><span class="str2">A trough, a wine-vat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will overflow</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהֵשִׁ֥יקוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hê·šî·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7783.htm">Strong's 7783: </a> </span><span class="str2">To run after, over, overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with new wine</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּיר֥וֹשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(tî·rō·wōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8492.htm">Strong's 8492: </a> </span><span class="str2">Must, fresh grape-juice, fermented wine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and oil.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִצְהָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiṣ·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3323.htm">Strong's 3323: </a> </span><span class="str2">Oil, anointing</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/2-24.htm">Joel 2:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/2-24.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 2:24 The threshing floors will be full (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/2-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 2:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 2:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/2-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 2:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 2:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>