Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?
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?
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?
Themes
Interlinear
Yowm
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh
19 As when one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him. 20 Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness? 21 I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
Cross References
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.
Job 3:4-6
That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.
Job 10:21-22
Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
Nahum 1:8
And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
Zephaniah 1:15
A day of wrath is that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.
Matthew 22:13
'Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;
Jude 1:13
wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.
Revelation 16:10
And the fifth messenger did pour out his vial upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom did become darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues from the pain,