Acts 2:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;

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  • Matt 24:29 : 29 `And 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 the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.
  • 1 Thess 5:2 : 2 for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
  • Amos 8:9 : 9 And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
  • Joel 2:1 : 1 Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for `it is' near!
  • Joel 3:14 : 14 Multitudes, multitudes `are' in the valley of decision, For near `is' the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.
  • Luke 21:25 : 25 `And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land `is' distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.
  • Mark 13:24 : 24 `But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
  • 1 Cor 5:5 : 5 to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • Zeph 2:2-3 : 2 Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah, 3 Seek Jehovah, all ye humble of the land, Who His judgment have done, Seek ye righteousness, seek humility, It may be ye are hidden in a day of the anger of Jehovah.
  • Isa 2:12-21 : 12 For a day `is' to Jehovah of Hosts, For every proud and high one, And for every lifted up and low one, 13 And for all cedars of Lebanon, The high and the exalted ones, And for all oaks of Bashan, 14 And for all the high mountains, And for all the exalted heights, 15 And for every high tower, And for every fenced wall, 16 And for all ships of Tarshish, And for all desirable pictures. 17 And bowed down hath been the haughtiness of man, And humbled the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day. 18 And the idols -- they completely pass away. 19 And `men' have entered into caverns of rocks, And into caves of dust, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth. 20 In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats, 21 To enter into cavities of the rocks, And into clefts of the high places, Because of the fear of Jehovah, And because of the honour of His excellency, In His rising to terrify the earth.
  • Isa 13:9 : 9 Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.
  • Isa 13:15 : 15 Every one who is found is thrust through, And every one who is added falleth by sword.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 And confounded hath been the moon, And ashamed hath been the sun, For reigned hath Jehovah of Hosts In mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, And over-against His elders -- honour!
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 (For a day of vengeance `is' to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,)
  • Jer 4:23 : 23 I looked `to' the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.
  • Rev 6:12 : 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, a great earthquake came, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood,
  • Rev 16:8 : 8 And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto the ninth hour,

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    30And I have given wonders in the heavens, and in the earth, Blood and fire, and columns of smoke.

    31The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

    32And it hath come to pass, Every one who calleth in the name of Jehovah is delivered, For in mount Zion and in Jerusalem there is an escape, As Jehovah hath said, And among the remnants whom Jehovah is calling!

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    19and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

  • Joel 3:14-15
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    14Multitudes, multitudes `are' in the valley of decision, For near `is' the day of Jehovah in the valley of decision.

    15Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

  • Mark 13:24-26
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    24`But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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

    26`And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

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    10At their face trembled hath the earth, Shaken have the heavens, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

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    9Lo, the day of Jehovah doth come, Fierce, with wrath, and heat of anger, To make the land become a desolation, Yea, its sinning ones He destroyeth from it.

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  • Matt 24:29-30
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    29`And 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 the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;

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

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    1Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for `it is' near!

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  • Amos 8:9
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    9And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,

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    25`And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land `is' distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;

    26men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

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    14Near `is' the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one.

    15A day of wrath `is' that day, A day of adversity and distress, A day of waste and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of cloud and thick darkness.

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    72%

    6And it hath come to pass, in that day, The precious light is not, it is dense darkness,

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    30And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light hath been darkened by its abundance!

  • Isa 30:26
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  • 2 Pet 3:10
    71%

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    30`According to these things it shall be, in the day the Son of Man is revealed;

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    2 verses
    70%

    2While that the sun is not darkened, and the light, And the moon, and the stars, And the thick clouds returned after the rain.

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  • Jer 13:16
    70%

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    69%

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  • Ezek 32:7-8
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    7And in quenching thee I have covered the heavens, And have made black their stars, The sun with a cloud I do cover, And the moon causeth not its light to shine.

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    2For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen.

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    12And the fourth messenger did sound, and smitten was the third of the sun, and the third of the moon, and the third of the stars, that darkened may be the third of them, and that the day may not shine -- the third of it, and the night in like manner.

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    20Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.

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    18Ho, ye who are desiring the day of Jehovah, Why `is' this to you -- the day of Jehovah? It is darkness, and not light,

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    45and the sun was darkened, and the vail of the sanctuary was rent in the midst,