Joel 3:15

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
  • Joel 2:31 : 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
  • Luke 21:25-26 : 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows; 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
  • Rev 6:12-13 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

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  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    87%

    9Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

    10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

  • Joel 2:10
    87%

    10The earth quaketh before them; the heavens tremble; the sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

  • Joel 2:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    30And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

    31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

  • Mark 13:24-25
    2 verses
    83%

    24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

    25and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.

  • Matt 24:29
    82%

    29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Acts 2:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    19And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:

    20The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable [day] .

  • Joel 3:14
    80%

    14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! for the day of Jehovah is near in the valley of decision.

  • Joel 3:16
    79%

    16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

  • Amos 8:9
    79%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

  • Isa 5:30
    79%

    30And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness [and] distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:

    7but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14The great day of Jehovah is near, it is near and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of Jehovah; the mighty man crieth there bitterly.

    15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

    3in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

    8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Isa 24:23
    77%

    23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed; for Jehovah of hosts will reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem; and before his elders shall be glory.

  • Mic 3:6
    77%

    6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.

  • Amos 5:20
    77%

    20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • Isa 8:22
    76%

    22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of Jehovah cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

    2a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the dawn spread upon the mountains; a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after them, even to the years of many generations.

  • Job 3:9
    75%

    9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

  • Joel 1:15
    74%

    15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

  • Jer 13:16
    74%

    16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

  • Luke 21:25-26
    2 verses
    74%

    25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

    26men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

  • Rev 8:12
    74%

    12And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner.

  • Isa 60:2
    74%

    2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

  • Rev 6:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;

    13and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.

    14And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Job 3:5
    73%

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.

  • Isa 60:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

    20Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

  • Jer 31:35
    72%

    35Thus saith Jehovah, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; Jehovah of hosts is his name:

  • Mark 15:33
    72%

    33And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

  • Isa 13:13
    72%

    13Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

  • Joel 2:6
    72%

    6At their presence the peoples are in anguish; all faces are waxed pale.

  • Isa 30:26
    72%

    26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah bindeth up the hurt of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  • Job 17:12
    72%

    12They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    72%

    10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Isa 50:3
    71%

    3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

  • Luke 23:45
    71%

    45the sun's light failing: and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.