Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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.
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.
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The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,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 In the valley appointed, there shall be many, many people: for the day of the LORD is nigh in the valley appointed. 15 The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light. 16 The LORD shall roar out of Zion, a cry out of Jerusalem; that the heavens and the earth shall quake withal. But the LORD shall be a defense to his own people, and a refuge for the children of Israel.
Names
Cross References
Joel 2:10
The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shall be moved; The Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine.
Joel 2:31
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.
Matthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move.
Luke 21:25-26
And there shall be signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar,
Revelation 6:12-13
And I beheld when he opened the sixth seal, and lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth made of hair. And the moon waxed even as blood: