Joel 2:31

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble, the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
  • Rev 6:12-13 : 12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; 13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind.
  • Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
  • Zeph 1:14-16 : 14 The 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. 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, 16 A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
  • Isa 13:9-9 : 9 Behold, 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. 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.
  • Isa 34:4-5 : 4 And all the host of heaven shall dissolve, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falls off the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. 5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
  • Joel 3:1 : 1 For behold, in those days, and at that time, when I shall restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.
  • Mark 13:24-25 : 24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 2:19-21
    3 verses
    94%

    19I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood, fire, and vapor of smoke:

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

    21And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

  • Joel 2:30
    87%

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

  • Joel 2:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

    11And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?

  • Joel 3:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

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

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

    16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake. But the LORD will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel.

  • Mark 13:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

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

    25And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

  • Joel 2:32
    79%

    32And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1Blow the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, for it is near at hand;

    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.

  • Matt 24:29
    76%

    29Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    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,

  • Amos 8:9
    76%

    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:

  • Isa 24:23
    76%

    23Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before his elders gloriously.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 5:30
    74%

    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.

  • Amos 5:20
    74%

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

  • Rev 6:12
    74%

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

  • Joel 1:15
    73%

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

  • Isa 30:26
    73%

    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 the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the wound of their bruise.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Jer 13:16
    73%

    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.

  • Isa 8:22
    73%

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

  • Zeph 2:2
    72%

    2Before the decree comes forth, before the day passes like chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you.

  • Mic 3:6
    71%

    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 5:18
    71%

    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.

  • Luke 21:25
    71%

    25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

  • Jer 31:35
    71%

    35Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:

  • Jer 2:12
    71%

    12Be astonished, O heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be very desolate, says the LORD.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars are not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain.

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

  • Acts 2:16
    71%

    16But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

  • Isa 60:2
    71%

    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.

  • Mal 4:5
    71%

    5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

  • Zeph 1:17
    71%

    17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like refuse.

  • Isa 2:21
    71%

    21To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the rugged rocks, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.

  • Mal 4:1
    71%

    1For behold, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble; and the day that comes shall burn them up, says the LORD of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Isa 13:6
    71%

    6Howl; for the day of the LORD is near; it will come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  • Joel 2:6
    70%

    6Before them the people shall be much pained; all faces shall gather blackness.

  • Isa 26:21
    70%

    21For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose her blood and will no more cover her slain.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    70%

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