Jeremiah 4:23

In 11 translations

BSB

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

KJV

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

WEB

I saw the earth and, behold, it was waste and void, and the heavens, and they had no light.

ASV

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

LSV

I looked [to] the earth, and behold—formless and void, || And to the heavens, and they [had] no light.

YLT

I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

DBY

I beheld the earth, and lo, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light.

DRC

I beheld the earth, and lo it was void, and nothing: and the heavens, and there was no light in them.

GNV

I haue looked vpon the earth, and loe, it was without forme and voide: and to the heauens, and they had no light.

JPS

I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

LXXE

I looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was not; and to the sky, and there was no light in it.

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WLC

רָאִ֨יתִי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹ֖הוּ וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ין אוֹרָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπέβλεψα ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐθὲν, καὶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ οὐκ ἦν τὰ φῶτα αὐτοῦ.

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• Matthew 24:29Immediately 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.’
• Mark 13:24–25But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘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.’
• Joel 3:15–16The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine. The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a…
• 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.
• Genesis 1:2Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
• Luke 21:25–26There 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. Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming…
• Ezekiel 32:7–8When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will…
• Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
• Amos 8:9And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
• Acts 2:19–20I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of…
• Joel 2:30–31I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
• Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
• Isaiah 24:19–23The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.…
• Jeremiah 9:10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and…

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