Amos 5:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
  • Nah 1:8 : 8 But with an overflowing flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
  • Rev 16:10 : 10 And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain,
  • Job 3:4-6 : 4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it. 6 As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:18-19
    2 verses
    86%

    18Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

    19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:

    7But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    14The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry out there bitterly.

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

  • Isa 5:30
    81%

    30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one looks to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened by the clouds of the heavens.

  • Job 3:4-7
    4 verses
    80%

    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, nor let the light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

    6As for that night, let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

    7Behold, let that night be barren, let no joyful shout come in it.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he will destroy the sinners out of it.

    10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light: the sun will be darkened in its rising, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.

  • Mic 3:6
    78%

    6Therefore night shall be unto you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

  • Amos 8:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, declares the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in broad daylight:

    10And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all waists, and baldness upon every head; I will make it like mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

  • Job 10:22
    77%

    22A land of darkness, like darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Jer 13:16
    77%

    16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.

  • Joel 2:2
    77%

    2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as the morning spreads upon the mountains: a great and strong people; there has never been anything like it, neither shall there be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.

  • Joel 3:15
    77%

    15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Job 5:14
    76%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at midday as if it were night.

  • Ezek 32:8
    76%

    8All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.

  • Job 17:12
    76%

    12They change the night into day; the light is near because of darkness.

  • Joel 1:15
    76%

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

  • Job 3:9
    75%

    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; nor let it see the breaking of dawn:

  • Isa 8:22
    75%

    22And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.

  • Joel 2:31
    74%

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

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16In the dark they break into houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.

    17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one knows them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yes, the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

  • Isa 50:10
    73%

    10Who among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.

  • Amos 5:21
    73%

    21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • Joel 2:10
    73%

    10The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Hos 9:5
    73%

    5What will you do in the appointed day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

  • Acts 2:20
    73%

    20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes:

  • Isa 60:19
    73%

    19The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor shall the moon give light to you by night; but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.

  • Job 20:26
    73%

    26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

  • Isa 59:9
    72%

    9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but see obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Job 38:19
    72%

    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

  • Eccl 5:17
    72%

    17All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

  • Isa 60:2
    72%

    2For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the people; but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you.

  • Isa 8:20
    71%

    20To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

  • Job 15:23
    71%

    23He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
    71%

    4But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.