Joel 2:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ the sun is turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of יהוה.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ 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

³¹ 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)

³¹ The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

Common English Bible

³¹ 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

³¹ The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive.

Joel 2:31 Cross References

Jeremiah 4:28

“On account of this, let the earth mourn and the heavens above be dark, because I have spoken, because I have purposed and shall not relent, nor do I turn back from it.”

Ezekiel 32:7

‘And when I extinguish you, I shall cover the heavens, and make its stars dark. I shall cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Joel 2:1

Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in My set-apart mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of יהוה  is coming, for it is near:

Joel 2:10

The earth shall tremble before them, the heavens shall shake. Sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars withdraw their brightness.

Joel 2:11

And יהוה  shall give forth His voice before His army, for His camp is very great, for mighty is the doer of His word. For the day of יהוה  is great and very awesome, and who does bear it?

Joel 2:2

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, like the morning clouds spread over the mountains – a people many and strong, the like of whom has never been, nor shall there ever be again after them, to the years of many generations.

Joel 3:1

“For look, in those days and at that time, when I turn back the captivity of Yehuḏ

Joel 3:15

Sun and moon shall become dark, and stars shall withdraw their brightness.

Zechariah 14:6

And in that day it shall be: there is no light, it is dark.

Malachi 4:1

“For look, the day shall come, burning like a furnace, and all the proud, and every wrongdoer shall be stubble. And the day that shall come shall burn them up,” said יהוה  of hosts, “which leaves to them neither root nor branch.

Malachi 4:5

“See, I am sending you Ě

Matthew 24:29

“And immediately after the distress of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

Matthew 27:45

And from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land, until the ninth hour.

Luke 21:25

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth anxiety of nations, in bewilderment at the roaring of the sea, and agitation,

Acts 2:20

‘The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of יהוה.

Revelation 8:12

And the fourth messenger sounded, 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 them were darkened. And a third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.