Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

The sun will be turned into darkness
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

The sun will be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood
before the great and remarkable Day of the Lord comes.

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.

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 .

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The sun
ἥλιος 
helios 
Usage: 25

μεταστρέφω 
metastrepho 
Usage: 3

εἰς 
Eis 
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267
Usage: 1267

σκότος 
Skotos 
Usage: 23

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

the moon
σελήνη 
Selene 
Usage: 6

αἷμα 
Haima 
Usage: 83

πρίν 
Prin 
Usage: 7

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

ἐπιφανής 
Epiphanes 
Usage: 1

day
ἡμέρα 
hemera 
day, daily 9, time, not tr,
Usage: 287

of the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Acts 2:20

References

Images Acts 2:20

Prayers for Acts 2:20

Context Readings

Peter's Sermon On The Day Of Pentecost

19 And I will give prodigies in the heaven, and signs upon the earth; blood, and fire, and smoky vapour. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord come. 21 And whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shall be saved."


Cross References

Matthew 24:29

And immediately after the affliction of those days, the fun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give it's 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 night, in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements being set on fire shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works therein shall be burnt up.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

for ye yourselves know full well, that the day of the Lord cometh like a thief in the night.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour to the ninth there was darkness over all the land.

Mark 13:24

But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give it's light; and the stars of heaven shall fall,

Luke 21:25

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity, the sea and the waves roring:

1 Corinthians 5:5

of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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. Your boasting is not good.

2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth, that now are, by the same Word are kept in store, reserved unto fire on the day of judgement and destruction of ungodly men.

Revelation 6:12

And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and behold there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sack-cloth of hair, and the moon was red as blood;

Revelation 16:8

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given him to scorch men with fire.

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