Joel Chapter 3 verse 6 Holy Bible
and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;
read chapter 3 in ASV
For in those days and in that time, when I let the fate of Judah and Jerusalem be changed,
read chapter 3 in BBE
and the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the children of the Greeks, that ye might remove them far from their border.
read chapter 3 in DARBY
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
read chapter 3 in KJV
read chapter 3 in WBT
And have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks, That you may remove them far from their border.
read chapter 3 in WEB
And sons of Judah, and sons of Jerusalem, Ye have sold to the sons of Javan, To put them far off from their border.
read chapter 3 in YLT
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Unto the Grecians.--Javan, the Hebrew name for Greece, is mentioned in Ezekiel as one of the representatives of the heathen nations who "traded (with Tyre) the persons of men and vessels in her market" (Ezekiel 27:13). The Grecian traffic in slaves was enormous.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYou soldמְכַרְתֶּ֖ם (mə·ḵar·tem)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralStrong's 4376: To sellthe peopleוּבְנֵ֤י (ū·ḇə·nê)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sonof Judahיְהוּדָה֙ (yə·hū·ḏāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelitesand Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israelto the Greeks,וּבְנֵ֣י (ū·ḇə·nê)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 1121: A sontoלְמַ֥עַן (lə·ma·‘an)ConjunctionStrong's 4616: Purpose -- intentsend them farהַרְחִיקָ֖ם (har·ḥî·qām)Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7368: To be or become far or distantfromמֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al)Preposition-mStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againsttheir homeland.גְּבוּלָֽם׃ (gə·ḇū·lām)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosedJump to PreviousBorder Children Far Grecians Greeks Homeland Javan Jerusalem Judah Order Remove Removing Sold Territory
