Joel 2:31

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes– that great and terrible day!

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Referenced Verses

  • Joel 2:10 : 10 The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering 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 heaven will be shaken.
  • Rev 6:12-13 : 12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; 13 and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.
  • Joel 3:15 : 15 The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
  • Zeph 1:14-16 : 14 The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle. 15 That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies, 16 a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 (3:19)“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“It will not leave them even a root or branch.
  • Isa 13:9-9 : 9 Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners. 10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
  • Isa 34:4-5 : 4 All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree. 5 He says,“Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”
  • Joel 3:1 : 1 The LORD Plans to Judge the Nations(4:1) For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
  • Mark 13:24-25 : 24 The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 2:19-21
    3 verses
    94%

    19And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

    20The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

    21And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

  • Joel 2:30
    87%

    30I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth– blood, fire, and columns of smoke.

  • Joel 2:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

    10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

    11The voice of the LORD thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the LORD is awesome and very terrifying– who can survive it?

  • Joel 3:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    14Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision!

    15The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.

    16The LORD roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the LORD is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

  • Mark 13:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24The Arrival of the Son of Man“But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light;

    25the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

  • Joel 2:32
    79%

    32It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the LORD has promised; the remnant will be those whom the LORD will call.

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9Look, the LORD’s day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners.

    10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1The Locusts’ Devastation Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the LORD is about to come. Indeed, it is near!

    2It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army– there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come!

  • Matt 24:29
    76%

    29The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering 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 heaven will be shaken.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14The LORD’s great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the LORD’s day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle.

    15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,

  • Amos 8:9
    76%

    9In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.

  • Isa 24:23
    76%

    23The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

    7It will happen in one day(a day known to the LORD); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light.

  • Isa 5:30
    74%

    30At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.

  • Amos 5:20
    74%

    20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • Rev 6:12
    74%

    12Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

  • Joel 1:15
    73%

    15How awful that day will be! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

  • Isa 30:26
    73%

    26The light of the full moon will be like the sun’s glare and the sun’s glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the LORD binds up his people’s fractured bones and heals their severe wound.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.

    8I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Jer 13:16
    73%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Isa 8:22
    73%

    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Zeph 2:2
    72%

    2before God’s decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the LORD’s raging anger overtakes you– before the day of the LORD’s angry judgment overtakes you!

  • Mic 3:6
    71%

    6Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

  • Amos 5:18
    71%

    18The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light.

  • Luke 21:25
    71%

    25The Arrival of the Son of Man“And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

  • Jer 31:35
    71%

    35The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Jer 2:12
    71%

    12Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the LORD.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain;

    3when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim,

  • Acts 2:16
    71%

    16But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel:

  • Isa 60:2
    71%

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

  • Mal 4:5
    71%

    5Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.

  • Zeph 1:17
    71%

    17I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure.

  • Isa 2:21
    71%

    21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • Mal 4:1
    71%

    1(3:19)“For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.“It will not leave them even a root or branch.

  • Isa 13:6
    71%

    6Wail, for the LORD’s day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the Sovereign One.

  • Joel 2:6
    70%

    6People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright.

  • Isa 26:21
    70%

    21For look, the LORD is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain.

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    70%

    10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.