Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“And when I extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.

King James Version

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Holman Bible

When I snuff you out,
I will cover the heavens
and darken their stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give its light.

International Standard Version

When I extinguish your lights, I'll cover the heavens and darken their stars. I'll cover the sun with a cloud and the moon won't reflect its light.

A Conservative Version

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

American Standard Version

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Amplified


“And when I extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.

Bible in Basic English

And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

Darby Translation

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will cover [you] at extinguishing your heavens, and I will make dark their stars, and I will cover [the] sun with the cloud, and [the] moon will not give its light.

Modern King James verseion

And when I put you out, I will cover the heaven and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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.

NET Bible

When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

New Heart English Bible

When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

The Emphasized Bible

And when I quench thee, I will cover the heavens, And obscure their stars, - The sun - with a cloud, will I cover, And the moon shall not shed her light;

Webster

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

World English Bible

When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Youngs Literal Translation

And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּבה 
Kabah 
Usage: 24

I will cover
כּסה 
Kacah 
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152
Usage: 152

the heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and make
קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

the stars
כּוכב 
Kowkab 
Usage: 37

קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

the sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

with a cloud
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

and the moon
ירח 
Yareach 
Usage: 26

shall not give
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 42

References

Watsons

Context Readings

A Lament For Pharaoh, King Of Egypt

6 I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood as far away as the mountains. The ravines will be full of you.' 7 “And when I extinguish you,
I will cover the heavens and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud
And the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you. And I will set darkness on your land,' proclaims the Lord Jehovah.


Cross References

Isaiah 13:10

The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.

Joel 2:31

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!

Matthew 24:29

Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Isaiah 34:4

All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fade away like leaves fall from a vine or fruit from a tree.

Ezekiel 30:3

The day is near. The Day of Jehovah is near. It will be a gloomy day, a time of trouble for the nations.

Joel 2:2

It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.

Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars diminish their shining.

Exodus 10:21-23

Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.

Job 18:5-6

The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire shall not shine.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Ezekiel 30:18

At Tahpanhes the day will turn dark when I break Egypt's power. Egypt's strong army will be defeated. Clouds will cover Egypt, and people from its villages will go into exile.'

Amos 8:9

It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to Jehovah your God before he brings darkness and before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You hope for light. He makes it into deep darkness and turns it into gloom.

Mark 13:24

In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light.

Revelation 6:12-13

When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became like blood.

Revelation 8:12

The fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck. A third of the moon, and a third of the stars were darkened. The illumination of both day and night was cut by one third.

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