Amos 5:20

In 11 translations

BSB

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?

KJV

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

WEB

Won’t the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

ASV

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

LSV

Is not the Day of YHWH darkness and not light, || Even thick darkness that has no brightness?

YLT

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

DBY

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

DRC

Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

GNV

Shal not the day of the Lord be darkenes, and not light? euen darkenes and no light in it?

JPS

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

LXXE

Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this day gloom without brightness?

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Original-language editions

WLC

הֲלֹא־חֹ֛שֶׁךְ י֥וֹם יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹא־א֑וֹר וְאָפֵ֖ל וְלֹא־נֹ֥גַֽהּ לֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐχὶ σκότος ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Κυρίου, καὶ οὐ φῶς, καὶ γνόφος οὐκ ἔχων φέγγος αὕτη;

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• Isaiah 13:10For 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.
• Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
• Zephaniah 1:15That 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,
• Job 10:21–22before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom, to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
• Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
• Job 3:4–6If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it. May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it. If only…
• Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
• Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

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