King James Version

Joel 2:18

Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

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וַיְקַנֵּ֥אvayqaneand be jealousקָנָאconjunction, verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be jealous”, the next action in the storyH7065to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious(be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).לְאַרְצ֑וֹleartsvoto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וַיַּחְמֹ֖לvayachmoland spareחָמַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and spare”, the next action in the storyH2550to commiserate; by implication, to sparehave compassion, (have) pity, spare.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עַמּֽוֹamvopeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then was Jehovah jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Young’s Literal Translation

And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.

World English Bible

Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, and had pity on his people.

Darby Translation

Then Jehovah will be jealous for his land, and will have pity on his people.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and hath spared his people.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then was the LORD jealous for His land, and had pity on His people.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐζήλωσε Κύριος τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐφείσατο τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ.