Joel 2:29 (YLT)

Passage

And also on the men-servants, and on the maid-servants, In those days I do pour out My Spirit.

Nearby Context

Joel 2:27 And ye have known that in the midst of Israel <FI>am<Fi> I, And I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, and there is none else, And not ashamed are My people to the age.

Joel 2:28 And it hath come to pass afterwards, I do pour out My Spirit on all flesh, And prophesied have your sons and your daughters, Your old men do dream dreams, Your young men do see visions.

Joel 2:29 And also on the men-servants, and on the maid-servants, In those days I do pour out My Spirit.

Joel 2:30 And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.

Joel 2:31 The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "men-servants", "maid-servants", "days", and "pour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "men-servants", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And it hath come to pass afterwards..." into verse 30's "And I have given wonders in the...", so "Spirit" and "men-servants" belong inside that flow. In Joel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "men-servants" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.