Amos 5:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 13:10 : 10 For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.
  • Ezek 34:12 : 12 As a shepherd's searching of his drove, In the day of his being in the midst of his scattered flock, so I do seek My flock, And have delivered them out of all places, Whither they have been scattered, In a day of cloud and thick darkness.
  • Nah 1:8 : 8 And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
  • Zeph 1:15 : 15 A 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.
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 `Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 wild waves of a sea, foaming out their own shames; stars going astray, to whom the gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept.
  • Rev 16:10 : 10 And the fifth messenger did pour out his vial upon the throne of the beast, and his kingdom did become darkened, and they were gnawing their tongues from the pain,
  • Job 3:4-6 : 4 That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days. 6 That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.
  • Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade, 22 A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 5:18-19
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    86%

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

    19As `when' one fleeth from the face of the lion, And the bear hath met him, And he hath come in to the house, And hath leant his hand on the wall, And the serpent hath bitten him.

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

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

    7And there hath been one day, It is known to Jehovah, not day nor night, And it hath been at evening-time -- there is light.

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Isa 5:30
    81%

    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!

  • Job 3:4-7
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    80%

    4That day -- let it be darkness, Let not God require it from above, Nor let light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

    6That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

    7Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

  • Isa 13:9-10
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    78%

    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.

    10For the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.

  • Mic 3:6
    78%

    6Therefore a night ye have without vision, And darkness ye have without divination, And gone in hath the sun on the prophets, And black over them hath been the day.

  • Amos 8:9-10
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    78%

    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,

    10And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning `of' an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

  • Job 18:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

    6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

  • Job 10:22
    77%

    22A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining `is' as thick darkness.'

  • Jer 13:16
    77%

    16Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed `it' for thick darkness.

  • Joel 2:2
    77%

    2A day of darkness and thick darkness, A day of cloud and thick darkness, As darkness spread on the mountains, A people numerous and mighty, Like it there hath not been from of old, And after it there is not again -- till the years of generation and generation.

  • Joel 3:15
    77%

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

  • Job 5:14
    76%

    14By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

  • Ezek 32:8
    76%

    8All luminaries of light in the heavens, I make black over thee, And I have given darkness over thy land, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah,

  • Job 17:12
    76%

    12Night for day they appoint, Light `is' near because of darkness.

  • Joel 1:15
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    15And cry unto Jehovah, `Alas for the day! For near `is' a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

  • Job 3:9
    75%

    9Let the stars of its twilight be dark, Let it wait for light, and there is none, And let it not look on the eyelids of the dawn.

  • Isa 8:22
    75%

    22And unto the land it looketh attentively, And lo, adversity and darkness! -- Dimness, distress, and thick darkness is driven away, But not the dimness for which she is in distress!

  • Joel 2:31
    74%

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

  • Lam 3:2
    73%

    2Me He hath led, and causeth to go `in' darkness, and without light.

  • Job 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

    17When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night `is' light to me.

    12Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as `is' darkness so `is' light.

  • Isa 50:10
    73%

    10Who `is' among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God.

  • Amos 5:21
    73%

    21I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Wo `to' those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

  • Joel 2:10
    73%

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

  • Hos 9:5
    73%

    5What do ye at the day appointed? And at the day of Jehovah's festival?

  • Acts 2:20
    73%

    20the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;

  • Isa 60:19
    73%

    19To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.

  • Job 20:26
    73%

    26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

  • Isa 59:9
    72%

    9Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go,

  • Job 34:22
    72%

    22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

  • Job 38:19
    72%

    19Where `is' this -- the way light dwelleth? And darkness, where `is' this -- its place?

  • Eccl 5:17
    72%

    17Also all his days in darkness he consumeth, and sadness, and wrath, and sickness abound.

  • Isa 60:2
    72%

    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.

  • Isa 8:20
    71%

    20To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

  • Job 15:23
    71%

    23He is wandering for bread -- `Where `is' it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

  • 1 Thess 5:4
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    4and ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day may catch you as a thief;