Mark 13:24 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁴ `But after those days of terrible trouble [i.e., the next major event on God’s calendar will be], the sun will become dark, and [therefore] the moon will not [be able to] shed its [reflected] light,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ But in those days, after [the affliction and oppression and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; [Isa. 13:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Common English Bible

²⁴ “In those days, after the suffering of that time, the sun will become dark, and the moon won’t give its light.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her splendor.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light.

Mark 13:24 Cross References

Mark 13:23

But pay attention, for I have told you [all this] ahead of time.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief [i.e., unexpectedly]. At that time the heavens will pass away with a loud noise and the elements [Note: This refers either to the heavenly bodies or to the material components of the universe], will be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and its works [i.e., its activities] will be burned up. [Note: Some translations render this phrase as it is in some ancient manuscripts, “will be disclosed,” or “will be laid bare”].

2 Peter 3:12

[while] looking forward to, and earnestly desiring the day of God to come, when the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved by fire, and the elements [See verse 10] will melt with intense heat.

Revelation 20:11

Then I saw a great [i.e., huge], white throne and Him who was seated on it [i.e., probably Christ]. Earth and heaven fled from His presence and they were not found anywhere [again].