Joel 1:3

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Tell your children about it, and have them tell it to theirs, and have them tell the next generation.

Berean Standard Bible:

Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

American Standard Version:

Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Tell{H5608} ye your children{H1121} of it, and let your children{H1121} tell their children{H1121}, and their children{H1121} another{H312} generation{H1755}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 6:7

  • And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

Psalms 145:4

  • One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

Exodus 13:14

  • And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:

Psalms 71:18

  • Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto [this] generation, [and] thy power to every one [that] is to come.

Isaiah 38:19

  • The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Psalms 44:1

  • ¶ To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

Exodus 10:1

  • ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:

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Commentary for Joel 1:3

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5608
    There are 154 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: סָפַר
    Transliteration: çâphar
    Pronunciation: saw-far'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate; commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
  2. Strong's Number: H1121
    There are 3654 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בֵּן
    Transliteration: bên
    Pronunciation: bane
    Description: from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
  3. Strong's Number: H312
    There are 271 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַחֵר
    Transliteration: ʼachêr
    Pronunciation: akh-air'
    Description: from אָחַר; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.; (an-) other man, following, next, strange.
  4. Strong's Number: H1755
    There are 127 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דּוֹר
    Transliteration: dôwr
    Pronunciation: dore
    Description: or (shortened) דֹּר; from דּוּר; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling; age, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.