Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
New American Standard Bible
And the stars lose their brightness.
King James Version
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Holman Bible
and the stars will cease their shining.
International Standard Version
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
American Standard Version
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Amplified
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Bible in Basic English
The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
Darby Translation
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Julia Smith Translation
The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars took away their shining.
King James 2000
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sun and [the] moon grow dark, and [the] stars {have withheld} their splendor.
Modern King James verseion
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall gather in their light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
NET Bible
The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
New Heart English Bible
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
The Emphasized Bible
The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
Webster
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
World English Bible
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
Themes
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
Harvest » The day of the lord’s harvest
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities
Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
Topics
Interlinear
Shemesh
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining. 16 And LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But LORD will be a refuge to his people, and a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
Names
Cross References
Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and {wonderful (LXX/NT)} day of LORD comes.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Matthew 24:29
But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Luke 21:25-26
And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, roaring of sea and of tossing,
Revelation 6:12-13
And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake occurred, and the sun became black as hairy sackcloth, and the whole moon became as blood.