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Bible in Basic English

The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.

New American Standard Bible

The sun and moon grow dark
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

The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will cease their shining.

International Standard Version

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.

A Conservative Version

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their 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.

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The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

and the moon
ירח 
Yareach 
Usage: 26

קדר 
Qadar 
Usage: 17

and the stars
כּוכב 
Kowkab 
Usage: 37

אסף 
'acaph 
Usage: 199

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat

14 Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining. 16 And the Lord will be thundering from Zion, and his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth will be shaking: but the Lord will be a breastplate for his people and a strong place for the children of Israel.


Cross References

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:

Joel 2:31

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.

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.

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:

Luke 21:25-26

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;

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