Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

For the day is near, the day of Jehovah is near, the day of a cloud; it shall be the time of the nations.

New American Standard Bible

“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.

King James Version

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

Holman Bible

For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.

International Standard Version

For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!

A Conservative Version

For the day is near, even the day of LORD is near. It shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

American Standard Version

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Amplified


“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near,
It will be a cloudy day;
A time of doom for the nations.

Bible in Basic English

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Darby Translation

For the day is at hand, yea, the day of Jehovah is at hand, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.

King James 2000

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time for the nations.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For a day [is] near; indeed, a day [is] near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of [the] nations it will be.

Modern King James verseion

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a cloudy day. It shall be the time of the nations.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,

NET Bible

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

New Heart English Bible

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

The Emphasized Bible

For near, is a day, Yea near, is a day pertaining to Yahweh, A day of cloud, A time of nations, shall it be!

Webster

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

World English Bible

For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Youngs Literal Translation

For near is a day, near is a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

is near
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
Usage: 77
Usage: 77

even the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

a cloudy
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

it shall be the time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

Context Readings

A Lament Over The Nation And Land Of Egypt

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Wo to the day! 3 For the day is near, the day of Jehovah is near, the day of a cloud; it shall be the time of the nations. 4 And the sword came upon Egypt, and pain was upon Cush, in the falling of the wounded in Egypt; and they took her multitude and her foundations were torn down.

Cross References

Ezekiel 7:7

The circle came to thee, thou inhabiting the land: the time came, the day of consternation drew near, and not the shout of joy of the mountains.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time came, the day drew near: he buying shall not rejoice, and he selling, shall not mourn: for burning upon all her multitude.

Ezekiel 30:18

And in Tahhapanes the day was darkened in my breaking there the rods of Egypt: and the pride of her strength ceased in her: she, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Ezekiel 34:12

According to the seeking of the shepherd of his flock in the day of his being in the midst of his sheep being scattered.; so will I search out my sheep and deliver them from all places where they were scattered there in the day of cloud and darkness.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of Jehovah is near upon all the nations: as thou didst, it shall be done to thee: thy recompense shall turn back upon thy head.

Ezekiel 32:7

And I covered the heavens in my quenching thee, and I darkened their stars; and I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not enlighten with its light

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent from the face of the Lord Jehovah: for the day of Jehovah is near, for Jehovah prepared a swam he consecrated his called ones.

Exodus 14:20

And it will come between the camp of Egypt and between the camp of Israel; and it will be the cloud, and the darkness, and it will make the night light: and this drew not near to this all the night

Exodus 14:24

And it will be in the watch of the morning, Jehovah will look forth to the camp of Egypt in the pillar of fire and the cloud, and he will disturb the camp of Egypt

Psalm 37:13

Jehovah shall laugh at him: for he saw that his day will come.

Psalm 110:6

He shall judge in the nations; he filled with dead bodies: he crushed the head over much land.

Psalm 149:7-9

To do vengeance upon the nations, chastisements upon the peoples.

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt Behold, Jehovah riding upon a swift cloud and coming to Egypt: and the vanities of Egypt moved to and fro from his face, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst

Isaiah 24:21-23

And it was in that day Jehovah shall review upon the army of the height upon the height, and upon the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Isaiah 34:2-17

For the wrath of Jehovah is upon all nations, And anger upon all their army: he devoted them to destruction, he gave them to slaughter.

Jeremiah 25:15-29

For thus said Jehovah God of Israel to me: Take the cup of wine of this wrath from my hand, and cause all the nations which I sent thee to them to drink it

Ezekiel 7:19

They will cast their silver into the streets, and their gold shall be for uncleanness: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the outpouring of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, and they shall not fill their bowels: for it was the stumbling-block of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 29:12

And I gave the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the lands being desolate, and her, cities in the midst. of the cities laid waste shall be a desolation forty years: and I scattered Egypt among the nations and I dispersed them in the lands.

Joel 1:15

Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Joel 2:1-2

Clang ye the trumpet in Zion, shout in my holy mountain: all the inhabitants of the land shall be moved, for the day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near.

Joel 3:11-14

Hasten and come all ye nations from round about, and be ye gathered together: there lead down, O Jehovah, thy strong ones.

Amos 5:16-20

For this, thus said Jehovah God of armies, the Lord: In all your broad places, wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, Wo! wo! and they called to the husbandman to mourning, and wailing to all knowing lamentation.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hastening greatly, the voice of the day of Jehovah: the strong one cried there bitterly.

Zephaniah 3:6-7

I cut off the nations: their pinnacles were desolate: I laid waste their streets from none passing by; their cities were destroyed from not a man, from not an inhabitant

Zechariah 14:3-19

And Jehovah went forth and waged war with these nations as the day of his warring in the day of encounter.

Matthew 24:33

So also ye, when ye should see all these things, know ye that it is near at the doors.

Philippians 4:5

Let your fitness be known to all men. The Lord is near.

James 5:9

Groan not against one another, brethren, that ye be not condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

Revelation 6:17

For the great day of his wrath has come; and who can stand?

Revelation 19:13-21

And surrounded with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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