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Let the weakling say, &#8220I am strong!&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joel/3.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Hammer your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Train even your weaklings to be warriors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I <i>am</i> strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, ‘I <i>am</i> strong.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak <i>man</i> say, “I am a warrior.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, &#8220I am a mighty man.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joel/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am a mighty man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, “I am strong!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Let even the weakling say, &#8220I am a warrior.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Make swords out of plows and spears out of garden tools. Strengthen every weakling." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Hammer your plowblades into swords and your pruning shears into spears. Weaklings should say that they are warriors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Hammer the points of your plows into swords and your pruning knives into spears. Even the weak must fight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Beat your plow blades into swords, and your pruning knives into spears! Let the frail say, "I am strong!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joel/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Beat your plow-shares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares to swords, "" And your pruning-hooks to javelins, "" Let the weak say, “I [am] mighty.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Beat your ploughshares to swords, And your pruning-hooks to javelins, Let the weak say, 'I am mighty.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Beat your plough-shares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears: the weak shall say, I am strong.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Cut your ploughs into swords and your hoes into spears. Let the weak say, ‘For I am strong.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joel/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning knives into spears; let the weakling boast, “I am a warrior!” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joel/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weakling say, “I am a warrior.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords and your sickles into spears. Let the weak say, I am a mighty man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Beat the blades of your ploughs into swords and your sickles into spears, and he who is weak will say, “I am a mighty man!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning-hooks into spears; Let the weak say: 'I am strong.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joel/3-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oEU9eLLsIkI?start=699" 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/3.htm">The LORD Judges the Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack! <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3807.htm" title="3807: kōt·tū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To beat, crush by beating. A primitive root; to bruise or violently strike.">Beat</a> <a href="/hebrew/855.htm" title="855: ’it·tê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A hoe, other digging implement. Of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement.">your plowshares</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: la·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fp) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">into swords</a> <a href="/hebrew/4211.htm" title="4211: ū·maz·mə·rō·ṯê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2mp) -- A pruning knife. From zamar; a pruning-knife.">and your pruning hooks</a> <a href="/hebrew/7420.htm" title="7420: lir·mā·ḥîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- A spear, lance. From an unused root meaning to hurl; a lance; especially the iron point.">into spears.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2523.htm" title="2523: ha·ḥal·lāš (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Weak. From chalash; frail.">Let the weak</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">‘I am</a> <a href="/hebrew/1368.htm" title="1368: gib·bō·wr (Adj-ms) -- Strong, mighty. Or gibbor; intensive from the same as geber; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant.">strong!’</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Come quickly, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves. Bring down Your mighty ones, O LORD.…<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="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a></span><br />Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Micah 4:3</a></span><br />Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Isaiah 11:4-5</a></span><br />but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips. / Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15-16</a></span><br />Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. / You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20</a></span><br />“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Ezekiel 39:9-10</a></span><br />Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel. / They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/12-8.htm">Zechariah 12:8</a></span><br />On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-14.htm">Zechariah 14:14</a></span><br />Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a></span><br />He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/149-6.htm">Psalm 149:6-9</a></span><br />May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands, / to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, / to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm">2 Corinthians 10:4</a></span><br />The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/6-11.htm">Ephesians 6:11-17</a></span><br />Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. / For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. / Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-8.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:8</a></span><br />But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a></span><br />For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.</p><p class="hdg">your plowshares.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a></b></br> And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Micah 4:3</a></b></br> And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/22-36.htm">Luke 22:36</a></b></br> Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take <i>it</i>, and likewise <i>his</i> scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.</p><p class="hdg">pruninghooks.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/25-8.htm">2 Chronicles 25:8</a></b></br> But if thou wilt go, do <i>it</i>, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/12-8.htm">Zechariah 12:8</a></b></br> In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David <i>shall be</i> as God, as the angel of the LORD before them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/21-12.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Hammered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-43.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-4.htm">Javelins</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Plowshares</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Plow-Shares</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Pruning</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Pruninghooks</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-5.htm">Pruning-Hooks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/hosea/11-6.htm">Swords</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-12.htm">Warrior</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-21.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Hammered</a> <a href="/amos/4-2.htm">Hooks</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-14.htm">Javelins</a> <a href="/joel/3-11.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Plowshares</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Plow-Shares</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Pruning</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Pruninghooks</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Pruning-Hooks</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Spears</a> <a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Swords</a> <a href="/amos/2-14.htm">Warrior</a> <a href="/micah/1-12.htm">Weak</a><div class="vheading2">Joel 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-1.htm">God's judgments against the enemies of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm">God will be known in his judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joel/3-18.htm">His blessing upon the church.</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 /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/joel/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Beat your plowshares into swords</b><br />This phrase is a reversal of the more familiar prophetic vision found in <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Isaiah 2:4</a> and <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Micah 4:3</a>, where nations are called to beat their swords into plowshares. Here, the prophet Joel calls for the opposite transformation, indicating a time of war rather than peace. The Hebrew word for "plowshares" is "’ēt," which refers to the cutting edge of a plow, a tool for cultivation and growth. The transformation into "swords" (Hebrew: "ḥereb") signifies a shift from agricultural productivity to military readiness. This call to arms reflects the urgency and seriousness of the impending divine judgment and the need for the people to prepare for the spiritual battle that lies ahead.<p><b>and your pruning hooks into spears</b><br />Similar to the previous phrase, this part of the verse continues the theme of transformation from tools of peace to instruments of war. "Pruning hooks" (Hebrew: "mazmerah") are tools used for trimming vines, symbolizing care and nurturing. The conversion into "spears" (Hebrew: "romach") further emphasizes the necessity of readiness for conflict. This imagery underscores the gravity of the situation Joel is addressing, where the usual activities of life are interrupted by the call to defend and uphold God's justice. It serves as a metaphor for the spiritual vigilance required of God's people in times of moral and spiritual crisis.<p><b>Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!&#8217</b><br />This phrase is a powerful declaration of faith and divine empowerment. The Hebrew word for "weak" is "ḥālâ," which can mean sick, weak, or afflicted. In the context of this verse, it represents those who feel inadequate or powerless. The command for the weak to proclaim, "I am strong" (Hebrew: "gibbôr"), is an encouragement to rely on God's strength rather than their own. It is a call to courage and trust in God's provision and might, reminiscent of Paul's declaration in <a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm">2 Corinthians 12:10</a>, "For when I am weak, then I am strong." This transformation from weakness to strength is not through human effort but through divine intervention and empowerment, reminding believers that their true strength lies in their relationship with God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joel/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Beat your plowshares</span> . . .--When the contest was over, and the victory of the Lord achieved, Micah foresaw the reversal of this order: the weapons of offence were once more to resume their peaceful character. "They "--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, the nations--"shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (<a href="/micah/4-3.htm" title="And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.">Micah 4:3</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joel/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears.</span> The weapons of war are to be provided; and the speediest way in which the manufacture of those weapons could be effected was by turning their implements of husbandry into them. The figure may, perhaps, have been suggested by the interest King Uzziah took in, and the encouragement he consequently gave to, husbandry and vine-culture, if we may presume Joel to have been in part contemporary with that king, of whom we are informed that "he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry." It is also a familiar fact that Isaiah and Micah reverse the expression in their description of Messianic times; while well-known parallels are quoted from the Latin classics. <span class="cmt_word">Let the weak say, I am strong</span>; or, <span class="accented">a hero.</span> The approaching war was to be one in which no release, no excuse, and no exemption from any cause would be allowed, nay, the excitement of the occasion should warm the cold blood of the weakling into some degree of warlike enthusiasm. The address, it will be observed, of the previous verse is to the heroic chiefs; that of this verse, to the rank-and-file of the army. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joel/3-10.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">Beat</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֤תּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(kōt·tū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3807.htm">Strong's 3807: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bruise, violently strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your plowshares</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתֵּיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_855.htm">Strong's 855: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hoe, other digging implement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into swords</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽחֲרָב֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your pruning hooks</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maz·mə·rō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4211.htm">Strong's 4211: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pruning knife</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into spears.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִרְמָחִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(lir·mā·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7420.htm">Strong's 7420: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lance, the iron point</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Let the weak</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחַלָּ֔שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥal·lāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2523.htm">Strong's 2523: </a> </span><span class="str2">Frail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">say,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאמַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(yō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I [am]</span><br /><span class="heb">אָֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strong!’</span><br /><span class="heb">גִּבּ֥וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(gib·bō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1368.htm">Strong's 1368: </a> </span><span class="str2">Powerful, warrior, tyrant</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joel/3-10.htm">Joel 3:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joel/3-10.htm">OT Prophets: Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your (Jl Joe.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/joel/3-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 3:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 3:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/joel/3-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 3:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 3:11" /></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>