Mark 13:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

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  • Isa 13:10 : 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.
  • Ezek 32:7 : 7 And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.
  • Amos 5:20 : 20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?
  • Zeph 1:14-18 : 14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near and coming very quickly; the bitter day of the Lord is near, coming on more quickly than a man of war. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark. 16 A day of sounding the horn and the war-cry against the walled towns and the high towers. 17 And I will send trouble on men so that they will go about like the blind, because they have done evil against the Lord: and their blood will be drained out like dust, and their strength like waste. 18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
  • Matt 24:29-31 : 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: 30 And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Luke 21:25-27 : 25 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; 26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved. 27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.
  • Acts 2:19-20 : 19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke: 20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.
  • 2 Pet 3:12 : 12 Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?
  • Rev 6:12-14 : 12 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; 13 And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind. 14 And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.
  • Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.
  • Dan 7:10 : 10 A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
  • Dan 12:1 : 1 And at that time Michael will take up his place, the great angel, who is the supporter of the children of your people: and there will be a time of trouble, such as there never was from the time there was a nation even till that same time: and at that time your people will be kept safe, everyone who is recorded in the book.
  • Joel 2:10 : 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 3:15 : 15 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.
  • Isa 24:20-23 : 20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again. 21 And in that day the Lord will send punishment on the army of the high ones on high, and on the kings of the earth on the earth. 22 And they will be got together, like prisoners in the prison-house; and after a long time they will have their punishment. 23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.
  • Jer 4:23-25 : 23 Looking at the earth, I saw that it was waste and without form; and to the heavens, that they had no light. 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about. 25 Looking, I saw that there was no man, and all the birds of heaven had gone in flight.
  • Jer 4:28 : 28 The earth will be weeping for this, and the heavens on high will be black: because I have said it, and I will not go back from it; it is my purpose, and it will not be changed.

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  • Matt 24:29-30
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    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:

    30 And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

  • Mark 13:25-26
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    25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

    26 And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • Isa 13:10
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    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.

  • Joel 3:15
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    15 Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.

  • Acts 2:19-20
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    19 And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:

    20 The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

  • Luke 21:25-27
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    25 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;

    26 Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

    27 And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

  • Joel 2:10
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    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:

  • Zech 14:6-7
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    6 And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;

    7 And it will be unbroken day, such as the Lord has knowledge of, without change of day and night, and even at nightfall it will be light.

  • Luke 17:24
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    24 For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

  • Luke 23:44-45
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    44 And it was now about the sixth hour; and all the land was dark till the ninth hour;

    45 The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.

  • Isa 8:22
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    22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

  • Rev 6:12-13
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    12 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;

    13 And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

  • Amos 8:9
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    9 And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

  • Isa 24:23
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    23 Then the moon will be veiled, and the sun put to shame; for the Lord of armies will be ruling in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his judges he will let his glory be seen.

  • Rev 8:12
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    12 And at the sounding of the fourth angel, a third part of the sun, and of the moon, and of the stars was made dark, so that there was no light for a third part of the day and of the night.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
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    2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

    3 In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

  • Mark 13:19
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    19 For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again.

  • Mark 13:23
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    23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

  • Matt 27:45
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    45 Now from the sixth hour it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

  • Isa 5:30
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    30 And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

  • Matt 24:21
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    21 Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

  • Mark 15:33
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    33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour.

  • Matt 24:27
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    27 Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

  • Mark 13:30-31
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    30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

    31 Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

  • Zeph 1:15
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    15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and sorrow, a day of wasting and destruction, a day of dark night and deep shade, a day of cloud and thick dark.

  • Mic 3:6
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    6 For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    7 And when I put out your life, the heaven will be covered and its stars made dark; I will let the sun be covered with a cloud and the moon will not give her light.

    8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over you, and put dark night on your land, says the Lord.

  • Matt 24:34
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    34 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • Joel 2:2
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    2 For a day of dark and deep shade is near, a day of cloud and black night: like a black cloud a great and strong people is covering the mountains; there has never been any like them and will not be after them again, from generation to generation.

  • Isa 30:26
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    26 And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.

  • Luke 17:30
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    30 So will it be in the day of the revelation of the Son of man.

  • Matt 24:19
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    19 But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

  • Amos 5:20
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    20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

  • Mark 13:8
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    8 Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

  • Matt 24:16
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    16 Then let those who are in Judaea go in flight to the mountains:

  • Mark 13:17
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    17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

  • Mark 13:14
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    14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:

  • Job 3:9
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    9 Let its morning stars be dark; let it be looking for light, but may it not have any; let it not see the eyes of the dawn.