Joel 3:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.

Young's Literal Translation
And also, what [are] ye to Me, O Tyre and Zidon, And all circuits of Philistia? Recompence are ye rendering unto Me? And if ye are giving recompence to Me, Swiftly, hastily, I turn back your recompence on your head.

King James Bible
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly [and] speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;

Hebrew
Now
וְ֠גַם (wə·ḡam)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

what
מָה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you
אַתֶּ֥ם (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

against Me,
לִי֙ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

O Tyre,
צֹ֣ר (ṣōr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6865: Tyre -- a Phoenician city

Sidon,
וְצִיד֔וֹן (wə·ṣî·ḏō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6721: Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan

and all
וְכֹ֖ל (wə·ḵōl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the regions
גְּלִיל֣וֹת (gə·lî·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 1552: A circuit, boundary, territory, also a district in Palestine

of Philistia—
פְּלָ֑שֶׁת (pə·lā·šeṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6429: Philistia -- a territory on the southern Mediterranean coast of Israel

are you
אַתֶּם֙ (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

rendering
מְשַׁלְּמִ֣ים (mə·šal·lə·mîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

Me
עָלָ֔י (‘ā·lāy)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a recompense?
הַגְּמ֗וּל (hag·gə·mūl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital

But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you
אַתֶּם֙ (’at·tem)
Pronoun - second person masculine plural
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

retaliate
גֹּמְלִ֤ים (gō·mə·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen

against Me,
עָלַ֔י (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

I will swiftly
קַ֣ל (qal)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet

and speedily
מְהֵרָ֔ה (mə·hê·rāh)
Adverb
Strong's 4120: A hurry, promptly

return
אָשִׁ֥יב (’ā·šîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

retribution
גְּמֻלְכֶ֖ם (gə·mul·ḵem)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1576: Treatment, an act, service, requital

on your heads.
בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ (bə·rō·šə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7218: The head

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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