Joel 2:31
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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
In other translations
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
Hebrew words
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhashemeshthe sunH8121יֵהָפֵךְyehafekhit will be changedH2015לְחֹשֶׁךְlechoshekhinto darknessH2822וְהַיָּרֵחַvehaiyareachand the moonH3394לְדָםledaminto bloodH1818לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440בּוֹאbo'comesH935יוֹםyom[the] day ofH3117יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הַגָּדוֹלhagadol<the> greatH1419וְהַנּוֹרָא׃vehanora'and <the> awesomeH3372
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Related verses
- Revelation 6:12-1312 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.12 And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
- Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Joel 3:15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- Joel 2:10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Zephaniah 1:14-1614 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the Lord: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.14 The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter. 15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, 16 a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers.
- Mark 13:24-2524 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.24 But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Isaiah 13:9-109 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.9 Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
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