Parallel Verses

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,

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.

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.

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.

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 "Thou son of man, prophesy and speak, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God: Mourn, woe worth this day, 3 for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand, 4 the sword cometh upon Egypt. When the wounded men fall down in Egypt, when her people are taken away, and when her foundations are destroyed,

Cross References

Ezekiel 7:7

The hour is come against thee that dwellest in the land. The time is at hand; the day of sedition is hard by: and no glad tidings upon the mountains.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time cometh, the day draweth nigh. Whoso buyeth, let him not rejoice: he that selleth, let him not be sorry. For why? Trouble shall come in the midst of all rest:

Ezekiel 30:18

At Tehaphnehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the scepter of the land of Egypt, and when the pomp of her power shall have an end. A cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be led away into captivity.

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.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the LORD is hard by upon all Heathen. Like as thou hast done, so shalt thou be dealt withal. Yea, thou shalt be rewarded even upon thine head.

Ezekiel 32:7

When thou art put out, I will cover the heaven, and make his stars dim. I will spread a cloud over the Sun, and the moon shall not give her light.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be still at the presence of the LORD God, for the day of the LORD is at hand: yea, the LORD hath prepared a slain offering, and called his guests thereto.

Exodus 14:20

and went between the host of the Egyptians and the host of Israel. It was a dark cloud, and gave light by night: so that all the night long the one could not come at the other.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host;

Psalm 37:13

But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 110:6

He shall be judge among the heathen; he shall fill them with dead bodies, and smite in sunder the heads over divers countries.

Psalm 149:7-9

to be avenged of the heathen, and to rebuke the people;

Isaiah 19:1

This is the heavy burden upon Egypt: Behold, the LORD will ride upon a swift cloud, and come into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his coming, and the heart of Egypt shall quake within her.

Isaiah 24:21-23

At in that day shall the LORD muster together the high host above, and the kings of the world upon the earth.

Isaiah 34:2-17

For the LORD is angry with all people, and his displeasure is kindled against all the multitude of them, to curse them and to slay them:

Jeremiah 25:15-29

"For thus hath the LORD God of Israel spoken unto me, 'Take this wine cup of indignation from my hand, that thou mayest cause all the people, to whom I send thee, for to drink of it:

Ezekiel 7:19

their silver shall lie in the streets, and their gold shall be despised. Yea, their silver and gold may not deliver them in the day of the fearful wrath of the LORD. They shall not satisfy their hungry souls, neither fill their empty bellies therewith: For it is become their own decay through their wickedness:

Ezekiel 29:12

I will make the land of Egypt to be desolate among other waste countries, and her cities to lie void forty years, among other void cities: And I will scatter the Egyptians among the Heathen and nations.

Joel 1:15

Alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.

Joel 2:1-2

Blow out the trumpet in Zion, and cry upon my holy hill: that all such as dwell in the land, may tremble at it. For the day of the LORD cometh, and is hard at hand:

Joel 3:11-14

Muster you, and come, all ye Heathen round about. Gather you together, there shall the LORD lay all thy giants to the ground.

Amos 5:16-20

"'If no,' sayeth the LORD God, the God of hosts, 'there shall be mourning in all streets. Yea, they shall say in every street: alas, alas. They shall call the husbandman to lamentation; and such as can mourn, to mourning.

Zephaniah 1:14

For the great day of the LORD is at hand: it is heard by, and cometh on a pace. Horrible is the tidings of the LORD's day; then shall the giant cry out.

Zephaniah 3:6-7

Therefore will I root out this people, and destroy their towers: yea, and make their streets so void, that no man shall go therein. Their cities shall be broken down, so that no body shall be left, nor dwell there any more.

Zechariah 14:3-19

fter that shall the LORD go forth, to fight against those Heathen, as men used to fight in the day of battle.

Matthew 24:33

So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, be ye sure that it is near; even at the doors.

Philippians 4:5

Let your softness be known unto all men. The Lord is even at hand.

James 5:9

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of his wrath is come; And who can endure it?"

Revelation 19:13-21

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the word of God.

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