Revelation 8:12

New American Bible - revised edition

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, a third of the sun, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them became dark. The day lost its light for a third of the time, as did the night.

Cross References

Isaiah 13:10

The stars of the heavens and their constellations will send forth no light; The sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not give its light.

Isaiah 24:23

Then the moon will blush and the sun be ashamed, For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, glorious in the sight of the elders.

Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth—it was waste and void; at the heavens—their light had gone out!

Joel 2:10

Before them the earth trembles; the heavens shake; Sun and moon are darkened, and the stars withhold their brightness.

Amos 8:9

On that day—oracle of the Lord God— I will make the sun set at midday and in broad daylight cover the land with darkness.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Matthew 27:45

From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Mark 13:24

“But in those days after that tribulation the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

Mark 15:33

At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

Luke 21:25

“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.

Acts 2:20

The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and splendid day of the Lord,

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they may not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Revelation 12:4

Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth.

Revelation 16:10

The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast. Its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and people bit their tongues in pain

Revelation 6:12

Then I watched while he broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; the sun turned as black as dark sackcloth and the whole moon became like blood.

Revelation 9:15

So the four angels were released, who were prepared for this hour, day, month, and year to kill a third of the human race.

Revelation 9:18

By these three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that came out of their mouths a third of the human race was killed.