Because of this the earth shall mourn and the heavens above grow black, for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back.
Joel 2:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Isa. 13:6, 9-11; 24:21-23; Ezek. 32:7-10; Matt. 24:29, 30; Rev. 6:12-17.] American Standard Version (1901) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh. Common English Bible The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. Catholic Public Domain Version The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come. |
Because of this the earth shall mourn and the heavens above grow black, for I have spoken; I have purposed; I have not relented, nor will I turn back.
When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, it is near—
The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
The Lord utters his voice at the head of his army; how vast is his host! Numberless are those who obey his command. Truly the day of the Lord is great, terrible indeed—who can endure it?
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon the mountains, a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them in ages to come.
For then, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
“Immediately after the suffering of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining and likewise the night.