The LORD Judges the Nations
Joel 3:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- KJV
- The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- WEB
- The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- ASV
- The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- LSV
- Sun and moon have been black, || And stars have gathered up their shining.
- YLT
- Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
- DBY
- The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- DRC
- The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.
- GNV
- The sunne and moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.
- JPS4:15
- The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- LXXE4:15
- The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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Original-language editions
- WLC4:15
- שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֖חַ קָדָ֑רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽם׃KJV:Joel.3.15
- LXX-Br4:15
- Ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσι, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες δύσουσι φέγγος αὐτῶν.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Joel
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
EclipseEclipse of the SunSabaeansStarsMoon, TheMoonSunStars, TheColorsEschatology of the Old Testament
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- 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.’
- Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:15 in some Bibles
- 3:15 in most Bibles