Parallel Verses
King James 2000
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall 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.
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.
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.
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The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,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
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 the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
Names
Cross References
Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and its constellations 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
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Luke 21:25-26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Revelation 6:12-13
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;