Parallel Verses
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?
New American Standard Bible
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
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?
American Standard Version
Shall not the day of Jehovah 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?
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?
Themes
Interlinear
Yowm
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh
19 Yea, like as when a man runneth from a lion, and a bear meeteth with him; or when he cometh into the house, and leaneth his hand upon the wall, a serpent biteth him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be dark, and not clear? Shall it not be cloudy, and no shine in it? 21 "'I hate and abhor your holidays, and whereas ye cense me when ye come together I will not accept it.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.
Job 3:4-6
The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:
Job 10:21-22
before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death:
Ezekiel 34:12
Like as a shepherd among the flock seeketh after the sheep that are scattered abroad, even so will I seek after my sheep, and gather them together out of all places, where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Nahum 1:8
when the flood runneth over, and destroyeth the place; and when the darkness followeth still upon his enemies.
Zephaniah 1:15
For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day,
Matthew 22:13
Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
Jude 1:13
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.
Revelation 16:10
And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast, and his kingdom waxed dark, and they gnawed their tongues for sorrow,