King James Version

Joel 2:30

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Joel 3:3.

וְנָֽתַתִּי֙venatatiand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…מֽוֹפְתִ֔יםmofetimmiracleמוֹפֵתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “miracle”, the ordinary formH4159a miracle; by implication, a token or omenmiracle, sign, wonder(-ed at).בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִםbashamayimin heavenשָׁמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).וּבָאָ֑רֶץuvaaretsand in earthאֶרֶץconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.דָּ֣םdamblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.וָאֵ֔שׁvaeshand fireאֵשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “and fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹתvetimarotand pillarתִּימָרָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “and pillar”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8490a column, i.e. cloudpillar.עָשָֽׁןashansmokeעָשָׁןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “smoke”, the ordinary formH6227smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)smoke(-ing).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(3-3) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.

World English Bible

I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.

Darby Translation

And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Douay-Rheims

And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(3-3) And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ δώσω τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς αἷμα καὶ πῦρ καὶ ἀτμίδα καπνοῦ.

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Acts 2:19 Acts 2:19 · King James VersionAnd I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:Acts 2:19 · King James VersionOpen the Source
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And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

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