Joel 3:3

“And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Joel 3:3

And they haue cast lots for my people, and haue giuen a boy for a harlot, and solde a girle for wine, that they might drinke.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Joel chapter 3

"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.
- Basic English Bible

and they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk [it].
- Darby Bible

And they have cast lots upon my people: and the boy they have put in the stews, and the girl they have sold for wine, that they might drink.
- Douay Rheims Bible

And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
- Webster's Bible

and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
- World English Bible

And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(4:3) And they have cast lots for My people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and have drunk.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Vanessa's comment on 2014-10-08 20:02:57:

The book of Joel is another identifying marker of the last days but it is also the history of the Hebrews and slavery. Captivity and slavery identify who the people of Israel were then and who they are now. If a people claiming to be Israel have no history of captivity and slavery from Egypt to modern times. They are not Israel. Let that marinate. We have allowed the history of Israel to be smothered. Joel 3 3 is speaking of slavery. How boys and girls were sold on the common market, traded for vile pleasure and alcohol. If you research the Transatlantic slave trade you will find slaves were often traded for wine, rum and other alcoholic drink. Don 't you think it 's high time we got this right and made a stand for keeping Scripture in context as God would have had us do. Perhaps the churches would not be so ignorant today concerning so many things and using Scripture for so many illustrations that have nothing to do with what God intended.

Blessing ladi's comment on 2013-07-29 20:49:42:

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