Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day .
New American Standard Bible
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.
King James Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Holman Bible
and the moon to blood
before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord
International Standard Version
The sun will become dark, and the moon turn to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.
A Conservative Version
The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and wonderful day of Lord comes.
Amplified
‘The sun shall be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
An Understandable Version
[In that day] the sun will become dark and the moon will [appear] as blood. [This will all happen] before the great and wonderful day when the Lord comes. [Note: Some view these last two verses as a reference to events occurring at the end of time. See Matt. 24:29-30].
Anderson New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Bible in Basic English
The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
Common New Testament
The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord shall come.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord shall come.
Darby Translation
the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of the Lord come.
Godbey New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great day of the Lord shall come.
Goodspeed New Testament
The sun will turn to darkness, And the moon to blood, Before the coming of the great, splendid Day of the Lord.
John Wesley New Testament
blood and fire, and vapour of smoke, The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord, the great and illustrious day, come.
Julia Smith Translation
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and distinguished day of the Lord come:
King James 2000
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord comes:
Lexham Expanded Bible
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Modern King James verseion
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious Day of the Lord.
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.'
Moffatt New Testament
the sun shall be changed into darkness and the moon into blood, ere the great, open Day of the Lord arrives.
Montgomery New Testament
Into darkness shall the sun be turned, And into blood the moon, Ere the day of the Lord come, that great and terrible day.
NET Bible
The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
New Heart English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Noyes New Testament
the sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the day of the Lord cometh, the great and notable day.
Sawyer New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and illustrious 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 day of the Lord, the great and manifest day ;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and illustrious day of the Lord come.
Twentieth Century New Testament
The sun shall become darkness, and the moon blood-red, Before the Day of the Lord comes--that great and awful day.
Webster
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
Weymouth New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord-- that great and illustrious day;
Williams New Testament
The sun will turn to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
World English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Worrell New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come.
Worsley New Testament
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord come.
Youngs Literal Translation
the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;
Themes
Orator » Instances of » Apostles
Peter » Preaches on pentecost day
Preaching » Effective » By peter and other apostles
Select readings » Peter on the day of pentecost
Religious zeal » Instances of » Peter
Revivals » Instances of » At pentecost, and times after pentecost
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Usage: 1267
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 2:20
Prayers for Acts 2:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter's Sermon On The Day Of Pentecost
19 And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day . 21 And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Cross References
Matthew 24:29
But 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 heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Amos 8:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Malachi 4:5
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Isaiah 2:12-21
For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;
Isaiah 13:9
Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah 13:15
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Isaiah 24:23
Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.
Isaiah 34:8
For Jehovah hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Joel 2:1
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Joel 3:14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.
Zephaniah 2:2-3
before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Mark 13:24
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Luke 21:25
And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
1 Corinthians 5:5
to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Peter 3:7
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Revelation 6:12
And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;
Revelation 16:8
And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.