Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
New American Standard Bible
And the moon into blood
Before the
King James Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Holman Bible
and the moon to blood
before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the Lord comes.
International Standard Version
The sun will be given over to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and terrifying Day of the LORD.
A Conservative Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and {wonderful (LXX/NT)} day of LORD comes.
American Standard Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
Amplified
“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Bible in Basic English
The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.
Darby Translation
The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
Julia Smith Translation
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and the terrible day of Jehovah.
King James 2000
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The sun will be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come.
NET Bible
The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes -- that great and terrible day!
New Heart English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
The Emphasized Bible
The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh.
Webster
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall come.
World English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Spirit Poured Out
30 And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke. 31 The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful. 32 And it hath come to pass, Every one who calleth in the name of Jehovah is delivered, For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there is an escape, As Jehovah hath said, And among the remnants whom Jehovah is calling!
Cross References
Malachi 4:5
Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
Isaiah 13:9-10
Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.
Joel 2:10
At their face trembled hath the earth, Shaken have the heavens, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
Malachi 4:1
For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
Matthew 24:29
'And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;
Joel 3:15
Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
Zephaniah 1:14-16
Near is the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.
Luke 21:25
And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land is distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;
Revelation 6:12-13
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,
Isaiah 34:4-5
And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree.
Joel 3:1
For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back to the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
Matthew 27:45
And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,
Mark 13:24-25
'But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,