Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 1:16 · retained source text
Is not the meate cut off before your eyes, yea ioy and gladnesse from the house of our God?
KJV dictionary & concordance
before
Meaning of “before”
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-references
1,799 occurrences1,649 verses62 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:5
Complete exact-word concordance
Every verse containing “before”
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joel 2:3 · retained source text
A fire deuoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wildernes, yea and nothing shall escape them.
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:6 · retained source text
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blacknesse.
1611 marginal noteHeb. pot.
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:10 · retained source text
The earth shall quake before them, the heauens shall tremble, the Sun & the Moone shall be darke, & the starres shall withdrawe their shining.
1611 marginal noteIsai.13.10. ezech. 32.2.
And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:11 · retained source text
And the LORD shall vtter his voyce before his armie, for his campe is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible, and who can abide it?
1611 marginal noteIer.39.5. am.5.18. zeph.1.15.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joel 2:31 · retained source text
The Sunne shall be turned into darkenesse, and the Moone into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
1611 marginal noteCha. 3.15
Where “before” appears
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Genesis91 occurrences
87 versesExodus91 occurrences
82 versesLeviticus90 occurrences
83 versesNumbers105 occurrences
86 versesDeuteronomy102 occurrences
89 versesJoshua87 occurrences
77 versesJudges42 occurrences
40 versesRuth3 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel79 occurrences
72 verses2 Samuel55 occurrences
51 verses1 Kings73 occurrences
66 verses2 Kings44 occurrences
43 verses1 Chronicles50 occurrences
45 verses2 Chronicles83 occurrences
78 versesEzra12 occurrences
10 versesNehemiah23 occurrences
20 versesEsther25 occurrences
24 versesJob29 occurrences
28 versesPsalms92 occurrences
91 versesProverbs25 occurrences
21 versesEcclesiastes14 occurrences
14 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah55 occurrences
51 versesJeremiah61 occurrences
55 versesLamentations6 occurrences
6 versesEzekiel58 occurrences
57 versesDaniel51 occurrences
48 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseJoel7 occurrences
6 versesAmos4 occurrences
4 versesJonah2 occurrences
2 versesMicah8 occurrences
5 versesNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk3 occurrences
3 versesZephaniah5 occurrences
2 versesHaggai3 occurrences
3 versesZechariah16 occurrences
16 versesMalachi7 occurrences
7 versesMatthew34 occurrences
31 versesMark20 occurrences
18 versesLuke48 occurrences
43 versesJohn23 occurrences
21 versesActs51 occurrences
50 versesRomans10 occurrences
10 verses1 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 verses2 Corinthians10 occurrences
9 versesGalatians10 occurrences
10 versesEphesians3 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses1 Timothy11 occurrences
9 verses2 Timothy5 occurrences
5 versesTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews6 occurrences
6 versesJames3 occurrences
3 verses1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses1 John2 occurrences
2 verses3 John1 occurrence
1 verseJude3 occurrences
3 versesRevelation35 occurrences
30 verses
87 versesExodus91 occurrences
82 versesLeviticus90 occurrences
83 versesNumbers105 occurrences
86 versesDeuteronomy102 occurrences
89 versesJoshua87 occurrences
77 versesJudges42 occurrences
40 versesRuth3 occurrences
2 verses1 Samuel79 occurrences
72 verses2 Samuel55 occurrences
51 verses1 Kings73 occurrences
66 verses2 Kings44 occurrences
43 verses1 Chronicles50 occurrences
45 verses2 Chronicles83 occurrences
78 versesEzra12 occurrences
10 versesNehemiah23 occurrences
20 versesEsther25 occurrences
24 versesJob29 occurrences
28 versesPsalms92 occurrences
91 versesProverbs25 occurrences
21 versesEcclesiastes14 occurrences
14 versesSong of Solomon1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah55 occurrences
51 versesJeremiah61 occurrences
55 versesLamentations6 occurrences
6 versesEzekiel58 occurrences
57 versesDaniel51 occurrences
48 versesHosea1 occurrence
1 verseJoel7 occurrences
6 versesAmos4 occurrences
4 versesJonah2 occurrences
2 versesMicah8 occurrences
5 versesNahum2 occurrences
2 versesHabakkuk3 occurrences
3 versesZephaniah5 occurrences
2 versesHaggai3 occurrences
3 versesZechariah16 occurrences
16 versesMalachi7 occurrences
7 versesMatthew34 occurrences
31 versesMark20 occurrences
18 versesLuke48 occurrences
43 versesJohn23 occurrences
21 versesActs51 occurrences
50 versesRomans10 occurrences
10 verses1 Corinthians7 occurrences
6 verses2 Corinthians10 occurrences
9 versesGalatians10 occurrences
10 versesEphesians3 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
1 verseColossians2 occurrences
2 verses1 Thessalonians4 occurrences
4 verses1 Timothy11 occurrences
9 verses2 Timothy5 occurrences
5 versesTitus1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews6 occurrences
6 versesJames3 occurrences
3 verses1 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses1 John2 occurrences
2 verses3 John1 occurrence
1 verseJude3 occurrences
3 versesRevelation35 occurrences
30 verses
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