Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

New American Standard Bible

Will not the day of the Lord be darkness instead of light,
Even gloom with no brightness in it?

King James Version

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Holman Bible

Won’t the Day of the Lord
be darkness rather than light,
even gloom without any brightness in it?

International Standard Version

Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness, and not light pitch black at that, without a ray of sunshine?"

A Conservative Version

Shall not the day of LORD be darkness, and not light, even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Amplified


Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, instead of light,
Even very dark with no brightness in it?

Bible in Basic English

Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

Darby Translation

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness and not light? and dark and no shining to it?

King James 2000

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Is] not the day of Yahweh darkness and not light, and pitch dark with no brightness in it?

Modern King James verseion

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Shall not the day of the LORD be dark, and not clear? Shall it not be cloudy, and no shine in it?

NET Bible

Don't you realize the Lord's day of judgment will bring darkness, not light -- gloomy blackness, not bright light?

New Heart English Bible

Won't the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The Emphasized Bible

Shall not the day of Yahweh be, darkness, and not light? yea, thick darkness and no brightness in it?

Webster

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

World English Bible

Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Youngs Literal Translation

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Shall not the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

and not light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

אפל 
'aphel 
Usage: 1

and no brightness
נגהּ 
Nogahh 
Usage: 19

References

Morish

Context Readings

The Day Of Yahweh

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.


Cross References

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

Job 3:4-6

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

Job 10:21-22

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Nahum 1:8

But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

Zephaniah 1:15

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

Matthew 22:13

Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Jude 1:13

Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved forever.

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

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