Joel Chapter 1 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Joel 1:1

The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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BBE Joel 1:1

The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
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DARBY Joel 1:1

The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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KJV Joel 1:1

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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WBT Joel 1:1


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WEB Joel 1:1

The Word of Yahweh that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.
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YLT Joel 1:1

A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel:
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The name Joel signifies "Jehovah is God," or "whose God is Jehovah." We read in Scripture of several of the same name, but the prophet is distinguished as "the son of Pethuel," a name signifying "the sincerity of God," or "godly simplicity." We are not certain of the exact period at which Joel prophesied, but he is generally believed to have been the earliest prophetic writer of the southern kingdom, and one of the earliest of the twelve minor prophets, while Jonah is generally thought to have been the earliest prophetic writer whose book has found a place in the sacred canon. It is at least certain that Joel preceded Amos, who begins his prophecy with a passage from Joel (comp. Joel 3:16 with Amos 1:2). and borrows from Joel another towards the close (comp. Joel 3:18 with Amos 9:13). Besides, Joel speaks, in the second chapter, of the plague of locusts as yet future; while Amos, in the fourth chapter of his prophecy, refers to it as past. He likewise prophesied before Isaiah, who also borrows, in Isaiah 13:6, a sentence which occurs in Joel 1:15.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) Joel.--Compounded of Jehovah--El, the composite title of the God of Revelation and of Nature, which is the subject of Psalms 19. It was a favourite name among the Jews, and was borne by an ancestor of Samuel, who gave it to his elder son. There is nothing known of the personal history of Joel the prophet, except the name of his father, Pethuel, or--LXX.--Bethuel.