Joel 2:6 New English Translation

⁶People^[a] writhe in fear when they see them.^[b]
All their faces turn pale with fright.^[c]

Joel 2:6 tn Or “nations.”
Joel 2:6 tn Heb “before it.”
Joel 2:6 tn Heb “all faces gather beauty”; or “all faces gather a glow.” The Hebrew word פָּארוּר (paʾrur) is found in the OT only here and in Nah 2:11. Its meaning is very uncertain. Some scholars associate it with a root that signifies “glowing”; hence, “all faces gather a glow of dread.” Others associate the word with פָּרוּר (parur, “pot”); hence, “all faces gather blackness.” Still others take the root to signify “beauty”; hence, “all faces gather in their beauty,” in the sense of growing pale due to fear. This is the view assumed here.

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