King James Version

Joel 3:21

For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Joel 4:21.

וְנִקֵּ֖יתִיveniqeytiand be blamelessנָקָהconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be blameless”, a completed action in a sequenceH5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpatedacquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholl…דָּמָ֣םdamamblood , innocentדָּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (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.לֹֽאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…נִקֵּ֑יתִיniqeytibe blamelessנָקָהverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be blameless”, a completed actionH5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpatedacquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholl…וַֽיהוָ֖הvayhvahand Jehovahיְהֹוָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).שֹׁכֵ֥ןshokhenabideשָׁכַןverb, qal, participle, absolute — “abide”, a verb used as a describing wordH7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).בְּצִיּֽוֹןbetsionin Zionצִיּוֹןpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-21) And I will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; and the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have declared their blood innocent, [That] I did not declare innocent, And Jehovah is dwelling in Zion!

World English Bible

I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”

Darby Translation

And I will purge them from the blood from which I had not purged them: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

Douay-Rheims

And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-21) And I will hold as innocent their blood that I have not held as innocent; and the LORD dwelleth in Zion.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐκζητήσω τὸ αἷμα αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀθωώσω, καὶ Κύριος κατασκηνώσει ἐν Σιών.