Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
New American Standard Bible
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be
King James Version
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Holman Bible
What will the Day of the Lord be for you?
It will be darkness and not light.
International Standard Version
"Woe to those who are craving the Day of the LORD! How is it to your benefit, this Day of the LORD? It's a day of darkness to you, and not light.
A Conservative Version
Woe to you who desire the day of LORD! Why would ye have the day of LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
American Standard Version
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! Wherefore would ye have the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light.
Amplified
Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the Lord [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]!
Why would you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];
Darby Translation
Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light:
Julia Smith Translation
Wo! to you longing for the day of Jehovah; for what this to you? The day of Jehovah this is darkness and not light
King James 2000
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Alas, those who desire the day of Yahweh, why [is] this for you the day of Yahweh? It [will be] darkness and not light!
Modern King James verseion
Woe to those desiring the day of Jehovah! What is this for you? The day of Jehovah is darkness and not light;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'Woe be unto them that desire the day of the LORD: Wherefore would ye have it? As for that day of the LORD, it shall be dark and not clear.
NET Bible
Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord's day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.
New Heart English Bible
"Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD. Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light.
The Emphasized Bible
Alas for them who are longing for the day of Yahweh, - What good to you, is the day of Yahweh? it, being darkness and not light:
Webster
Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
World English Bible
"Woe to you who desire the day of Yahweh! Why do you long for the day of Yahweh? It is darkness, and not light.
Youngs Literal Translation
Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why is this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh
17 In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord. 18 Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light. 19 As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
Cross References
Joel 1:15
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
Isaiah 5:19
Who say, Let him do his work quickly, let him make it sudden, so that we may see it: let the design of the Holy One of Israel come near, so that it may be clear to us.
Isaiah 5:30
And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.
Jeremiah 30:7
Ha! for that day is so great that there is no day like it: it is the time of Jacob's trouble: but he will get salvation from it.
Joel 2:1-2
Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;
Joel 2:31
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.
Isaiah 9:19
The land was dark with the wrath of the Lord of armies: the people were like those who take men's flesh for food.
Isaiah 24:11-12
There is a crying in the streets because of the wine; there is an end of all delight, the joy of the land is gone.
Isaiah 28:15-22
Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:
Jeremiah 17:15
See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, see, the children of Israel say, The vision which he sees is for the days which are a long way off, and his words are of times still far away.
Joel 2:10
The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:
Zephaniah 1:14-15
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
Malachi 3:1-2
See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
Malachi 4:1
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
2 Peter 3:4
Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.