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Selected Verse: Joel 1:17 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Joe 1:17	King James	The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
is rotten--"is dried up," "vanishes away," from an Arabic root [MAURER]. "Seed," literally, "grains." The drought causes the seeds to lose all their vitality and moisture. garners--granaries; generally underground, and divided into separate receptacles for the different kinds of grain.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

is rotten--"is dried up," "vanishes away," from an Arabic root [MAURER]. "Seed," literally, "grains." The drought causes the seeds to lose all their vitality and moisture.

garners--granaries; generally underground, and divided into separate receptacles for the different kinds of grain.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The seed is rotten under the clods - Not only was all to be cut off for the present, but, with it, all hope for the future. The scattered seed, as it lay, each under its clod known to God, was dried up, and so decayed. The garners lay desolate, nay, were allowed to go to ruin, in hopelessness of any future harvest.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

The seed is rotten under the clods - Not only was all to be cut off for the present, but, with it, all hope for the future. The scattered seed, as it lay, each under its clod known to God, was dried up, and so decayed. The garners lay desolate, nay, were allowed to go to ruin, in hopelessness of any future harvest.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Laid desolate - Run to ruin because the owners discouraged with the barrenness of the seasons, would not repair them.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Laid desolate - Run to ruin because the owners discouraged with the barrenness of the seasons, would not repair them.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The seed is rotten under their clods - When the sprout was cut off as low as possible by the locusts, there was no farther germination. The seed rotted away.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The seed is rotten under their clods - When the sprout was cut off as low as possible by the locusts, there was no farther germination. The seed rotted away.

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