Reference: Darkness
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The absence of natural light, Ge 1:2, and hence figuratively a state of misery and adversity, Job 18:6; Ps 107:10; Isa 8:22-9:1; also the absence of the sun and stars, and hence the fall of chief men and national convulsions, Isa 13:10; Ac 2:20. "Works of darkness," are the impure mysteries practiced in heathen worship, Eph 5:11. "Outer darkness" illustrates the gloom of those on whom the gates of heaven are closed, Mt 8:12. The darkness in Egypt, Ex 10:21-23, was miraculous; also that which covered all Judea with sympathetic gloom at the crucifixion of Christ, Lu 23:43. This could not have been caused by an eclipse of the sun; for at Passover the moon was full, and on the opposite side of the earth from the sun.
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The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.
Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days. read more. The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.
The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
He replied: Today I tell you this. You will be with me in paradise.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of Jehovah arrives. (Joel 2:31)
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
Easton
The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. Ex 10:23).
When Jesus hung upon the cross (Mt 27:45; Lu 23:44), from the "sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour."
On Mount Sinai, Moses (Ex 20:21) "drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." This was the "thick cloud upon the mount" in which Jehovah was when he spake unto Moses there. The Lord dwelt in the cloud upon the mercy-seat (1Ki 8:12), the cloud of glory. When the psalmist (Ps 97:2) describes the inscrutable nature of God's workings among the sons of men, he says, "Clouds and darkness are round about him." God dwells in thick darkness.
Darkness (Isa 13:9-10; Mt 24:29) also is a symbol of the judgments that attend on the coming of the Lord. It is a symbol of misery and adversity (Job 18:6; Ps 107:10; Isa 8:22; Eze 30:18). The "day of darkness" in Joe 2:2, caused by clouds of locusts, is a symbol of the obscurity which overhangs all divine proceedings. "Works of darkness" are impure actions (Eph 5:11). "Outer darkness" refers to the darkness of the streets in the East, which are never lighted up by any public or private lamps after nightfall, in contrast with the blaze of cheerful light in the house. It is also a symbol of ignorance (Isa 9:2; 60:2; Mt 6:23) and of death (Job 10:21; 17:13).
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Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.
The Egyptians could not see each other. No one left his house during that time. The Israelites, however, had light where they were living.
But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
Solomon prayed: Jehovah, you have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
The light in his tent becomes dark. The lamp beside him will be put out.
Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
They will look toward the nations of the earth and see only distress and gloom. They will go in anguish and be banished into darkness.
The people who walk in darkness (ignorance) (lies) have seen a great light (truth). A light has dawned on those who live in the land of the shadow of death (the grave) (calamity).
Behold! The Day of Jehovah is coming! It will be cruel, with fury and burning anger. It will make the land desolation and exterminate the sinners from it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.
Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.
At Tahpanhes the day will turn dark when I break Egypt's power. Egypt's strong army will be defeated. Clouds will cover Egypt, and people from its villages will go into exile.'
It is a day of darkness and gloom! It is a day of clouds and thick darkness! The dawn spreads upon the mountains. This great and mighty people have never seen anything like this. Nor will it be like this again even to the years of many generations.
But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
It was about the sixth hour. Darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
Fausets
The ninth Egyptian plague (Ex 10:21, etc.). Especially calculated to affect the Egyptians who worshipped Ra, the sun god. Its sudden and intense coming when Moses stretched out his hand marked it as supernatural. Its basis was natural, namely, the chamsin or sandstorm (see Septuagint), from the S.W. desert. It produces a darkness denser than the densest fog, so that no man rises from his place; men and beasts hide until it is over, for it penetrates even through well closed windows. This explains the peculiar phrase "darkness which may be felt." What still more marked its judicial character was (compare Isa 13:9-10; Joe 2:31; 3:15; Mt 24:29) "the children of Israel had light in their dwellings."
The date of Am 8:9 coincides with a total eclipse visible at Jerusalem shortly after noon, Feb. 9th, 784 B.C.; the date of Mic 3:6 with the eclipse June 5th, 716 B.C. (Dionys. Hal., 2:56); the date of Jer 15:9 with the eclipse of Sept. 30th, 610 B.C. (Herodotus, 1:74,103.) The darkness over all the land (Juaea) from the sixth to the ninth hour during Christ's crucifixion (Mt 27:45) cannot have been an eclipse, for it would not last three hours, seldom intensely more than six minutes. The eclipse, darkness and earthquake in Bithynia, noted by Phlegon of Tralles, was probably in the year before. This darkness at Christ's crucifixion was nature's sympathy with her suffering Lord; perhaps partly intended by the prophecy Am 8:9.
As the glory of the Lord shone around the scene of His birth (Lu 2:9), so a pall of darkness was fitly spread over His dying scene. By the paschal reckoning the moon must then have been at its full phase, when the sun could not be eclipsed. Darkness is the image of spiritual ignorance and unbelief (Isa 60:2; Joh 1:5; 3:19; 1Jo 2:8). "Outer darkness" expresses exclusion from the brightness of the heavenly banquet (Mt 8:12). "The works of darkness," i.e. sins (Eph 5:11). God dwells in thick darkness; i.e., we cannot penetrate the awe inspiring mysteries of His person and His dealings. But God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all (1Jo 1:5; 1Ki 8:12; Ps 97:2).
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Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.
Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.
Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
Behold! The Day of Jehovah is coming! It will be cruel, with fury and burning anger. It will make the land desolation and exterminate the sinners from it.
Behold! The Day of Jehovah is coming! It will be cruel, with fury and burning anger. It will make the land desolation and exterminate the sinners from it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.
The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.
Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.
Darkness now covers the earth! Thick darkness overwhelms the nations. But Jehovah shines for you. His glory appears to you.
A mother who gives birth to seven sons will grow faint and breathe her last. She will die, ashamed and humiliated, while it is still daylight. I will put survivors from these people to death in the presence of their enemies, says Jehovah.
A mother who gives birth to seven sons will grow faint and breathe her last. She will die, ashamed and humiliated, while it is still daylight. I will put survivors from these people to death in the presence of their enemies, says Jehovah.
The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!
The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars diminish their shining.
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars diminish their shining.
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Therefore you will have night. You will have no vision! It will be dark to you. You will not perform divination. The sun will go down on the prophets and they will be in the dark.
Therefore you will have night. You will have no vision! It will be dark to you. You will not perform divination. The sun will go down on the prophets and they will be in the dark.
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
God's angel stood by them and His glory gave illumination around them and they were very afraid.
God's angel stood by them and His glory gave illumination around them and they were very afraid.
His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.
His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
This is the message we heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
This is the message we heard from him and announce to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Hastings
Morish
Used in various significations in scripture.
1. State of the earth before God said, Let there be light. Ge 1:2.
2. Temporary absence of light in the night. Ge 1:5.
3. Extraordinary darkness sent by God. Ex 10:21; 14:20; Mt 27:45.
4. The darkness by which God shrouded His glory. Ex 20:21; Ps 18:9,11; 97:2; Heb 12:18.
5. State of death as compared with natural life. Job 10:21-22.
6. Moral darkness as the consequent state of man fallen. Ps 82:5; Isa 9:2; Mt 4:16; Joh 1:5; 3:19; 2Co 6:14; 1Pe 2:9.
7. It characterises Satan and his agents. Lu 22:53; Eph 6:12; Re 16:10.
8. It is the abode of wicked spirits and will characterise the place of punishment of the wicked. Mt 8:12; 2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6,13. God is light, and Christ came into the world as the true light: everything shut out from God, or opposed to God and to the Lord Jesus, must partake of moral darkness.
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The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.
God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt.
So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night.
But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
He spread apart the heavens and came down with a dark cloud under his feet.
He made the darkness his hiding place, his pavilion round about, the dark rain clouds his covering.
Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.
Clouds, gloom and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The people who walk in darkness (ignorance) (lies) have seen a great light (truth). A light has dawned on those who live in the land of the shadow of death (the grave) (calamity).
the people sitting in darkness saw a great light. Light rose upon those sitting in a region of deathly shadow.
but the sons of the kingdom will be cast forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
I was with you every day in the temple. Yet you did not lift a hand against me. This is your hour for this power of darkness.
His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.
Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in heavenly places.
You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm.
Angels who did not keep their position left their proper habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day.
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
Smith
is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory.
The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darkness "over all the land,"
attending the crucifixion has been attributed to an eclipse, but was undoubtedly miraculous, as no eclipse of the sun could have taken place at that time, the moon being at the full at the time of the passover. Darkness is also, as in the expression "land of darkness," used for the state of the dead,
and frequently, figuratively, for ignorance and unbelief, as the privation of spiritual light.
Joh 1:5; 3:19
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But the people continued to stand at a distance. Only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.
before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
His light shines through darkness and it cannot be extinguished.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.
Watsons
DARKNESS, the absence of light. "Darkness was upon the face of the deep," Ge 1:2; that is, the chaos was immersed in thick darkness, because light was withheld from it. The most terrible darkness was that brought on Egypt as a plague; it was so thick as to be, as it were, palpable; so horrible, that no one durst stir out of his place; and so lasting, that it endured three days and three nights, Ex 10:21-22; Wisdom 17:2, 3. The darkness at our Saviour's death began at the sixth hour, or noon, and ended at the third hour, or three o'clock in the afternoon. Thus it lasted almost the whole time he was on the cross; compare Mt 27:45, with Joh 19:14, and Mr 15:25. Origen, Maldonatus, Erasmus, Vatablus, and others, were of opinion that this darkness covered Judea only; which is sometimes called the whole earth; that is, the whole country. Chrysostom, Euthymius, Theophylact, and others, thought it extended over a hemisphere. Origen says it was caused by a thick mist, which precluded the sight of the sun. That it was preternatural is certain, for, the moon being at full, a natural eclipse of the sun was impossible. Darkness is sometimes used metaphorically for death. "The land of darkness" is the grave, Job 10:22; Ps 107:10. It is also used to denote misfortunes and calamities: "A day of darkness" is a day of affliction, Esther 11:8. "Let that day be darkness; let darkness stain it,"
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The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the deep water. The Spirit of God hovered over the waters.
Jehovah then said to Moses: Raise your hand toward the sky. Darkness thick enough to be felt will cover the land of Egypt. Moses raised his hand toward the sky. Total darkness fell throughout Egypt for three days.
Let that day turn to darkness. May God above not care about it. Let no light shine upon it. Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light.
to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews: Behold, your King!