Verse Comparison: Joel 3:3

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a harlot and have sold a girl for juice [of the grape] and have drunk it.

Contemporary English Version
and gambled to see who would get my people; they sold boys and girls to pay for prostitutes and wine.

Darby English Version
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].

Good News Bible
They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"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 International Version
They cast lots for my people
and traded boys for prostitutes;
they sold girls for wine
that they might drink.

New King James Version
They have cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

Revised Standard Version
and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and have sold a girl for wine, and have drunk it.

Young's Literal Translation
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.


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