The Book of Joel's division into chapters and verses differs widely between editions of the Bible; some editions have three chapters, others four. Translations with four chapters include: the Jewish Publication Society's version of the Hebrew Bible (1917), Jerusalem Bible (1966), New American Bible (Revised Edition, 1970), Complete Jewish Bible (1998), Tree of Life Version (2015)
In the 1611 King James Bible, the Book of Joel is formed by three chapters: the second one has 32 verses, and it is equivalent to the union of the chapter 2 (with 26 verses) and chapter 3 (with 5 verses) of other editions of the Bible.
The differences of the division is as follows:
| English/Greek | Hebrew |
|---|---|
| Joel 1 | Joel 1 |
| Joel 2:1–27 | Joel 2 |
| Joel 2:28–32 | Joel 3 |
| Joel 3 | Joel 4 |