Verse Comparison: Joel 1:8
American Standard Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Amplified® Bible
Lament like a virgin [bride] girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth [who has died].
Contemporary English Version
Grieve like a young woman mourning for the man she was to marry.
Darby English Version
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Good News Bible
Cry, you people, like a young woman who mourns the death of the man she was going to marry.
King James Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
New American Standard Bible
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
New International Version
Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth
grieving for the husband of her youth.
New King James Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the husband of her youth.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth.
Revised Standard Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
Young's Literal Translation
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.