Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.
New American Standard Bible
And the moon into blood
Before the
King James Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Holman Bible
and the moon to blood
before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the Lord comes.
International Standard Version
The sun will be given over to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and terrifying Day of the LORD.
A Conservative Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and {wonderful (LXX/NT)} day of LORD comes.
American Standard Version
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
Amplified
“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Darby Translation
The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
Julia Smith Translation
The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and the terrible day of Jehovah.
King James 2000
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The sun will be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come.
NET Bible
The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes -- that great and terrible day!
New Heart English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
The Emphasized Bible
The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh.
Webster
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall come.
World English Bible
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
Youngs Literal Translation
The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 2:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Spirit Poured Out
30 And I will let wonders be seen in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared. 32 And it will be that whoever makes his prayer to the name of the Lord will be kept safe: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem some will be kept safe, as the Lord has said, and will be among the small band marked out by the Lord.
Cross References
Malachi 4:5
See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
Isaiah 13:9-10
See, the day of the Lord is coming, cruel, with wrath and burning passion: to make the land a waste, driving the sinners in it to destruction.
Joel 2:10
The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:
Malachi 4:1
For see, the day is coming, it is burning like an oven; all the men of pride and all who do evil will be dry stems of grass: and in the day which is coming they will be burned up, says the Lord of armies, till they have not a root or a branch.
Matthew 24:29
But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
Zephaniah 1:14-16
The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war.
Luke 21:25
And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;
Revelation 6:12-13
And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;
Isaiah 34:4-5
And the heavens will be rolled together like the roll of a book: and all their army will be gone, like a dead leaf from the vine, or a dry fruit from the fig-tree.
Joel 3:1
For in those days and in that time, when I let the fate of Judah and Jerusalem be changed,
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.
Mark 13:24-25
But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,