Joel 2:31

In 11 translations

BSB

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.Or dreadful; LXX glorious

KJV

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

WEB

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

ASV

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

LSV

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, || Before the coming of the Day of YHWH, || The great and the fearful.

YLT

The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

DBY

The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

DRC

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come.

GNV

The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

JPS3:4

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

LXXE3:4

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.

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WLC3:4

הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ לְדָ֑ם לִפְנֵ֗י בּ֚וֹא י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַגָּד֖וֹל וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃KJV:Joel.2.31

LXX-Br3:4

Ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα, πρὶν ἐλθεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην, καὶ ἐπιφανῆ.

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• Revelation 6:12–13And 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, and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like…
• 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.’
• Malachi 4:1“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…
• Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
• Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
• Zephaniah 1:14–16The 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. That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction…
• 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.’
• Isaiah 13:9–10Behold, 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. For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their…
• Luke 21:25There 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.
• Joel 3:1“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,
• Isaiah 34:4–5All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree. When My sword has drunk its fill…
• Matthew 27:45From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

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