Joel 2:31

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Joel 2:10 : 10 At their face trembled hath the earth, Shaken have the heavens, Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
  • 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.
  • 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;
  • Rev 6:12-13 : 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, 13 and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth -- as a fig-tree doth cast her winter figs, by a great wind being shaken --
  • Joel 3:15 : 15 Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
  • Zeph 1:14-16 : 14 Near `is' the great day of Jehovah, Near, and hasting exceedingly, The noise of the day of Jehovah, Bitterly shriek there doth a mighty one. 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. 16 A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.
  • Mal 4:1 : 1 For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
  • Isa 13:9-9 : 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. 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.
  • Isa 34:4-5 : 4 And consumed have been all the host of the heavens, And rolled together as a book have been the heavens, And all their hosts do fade, As the fading of a leaf of a vine, And as the fading one of a fig-tree. 5 For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
  • Joel 3:1 : 1 For lo, in those days, and in that time, When I turn back `to' the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 And from the sixth hour darkness came over all the land unto 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 the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
  • 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;

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  • Acts 2:19-21
    3 verses
    94%

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

    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;

    21and it shall be, every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

  • Joel 2:30
    87%

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

  • Joel 2:10-11
    2 verses
    84%

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

    11And Jehovah hath given forth His voice before His force, For very great `is' His camp, For mighty `is' the doer of His word, For great `is' the day of Jehovah -- very fearful, And who doth bear it?

  • Joel 3:14-16
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

    16And Jehovah from Zion doth roar, And from Jerusalem giveth forth His voice, And shaken have the heavens and earth, And Jehovah `is' a refuge to his people, And a stronghold to sons of Israel.

  • Mark 13:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Joel 2:32
    79%

    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!

  • Isa 13:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

  • Joel 2:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    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!

    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.

  • Matt 24:29
    76%

    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;

  • Zeph 1:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Amos 8:9
    76%

    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,

  • Isa 24:23
    76%

    23And 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!

  • Zech 14:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Isa 5:30
    74%

    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!

  • Amos 5:20
    74%

    20Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

  • Rev 6:12
    74%

    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,

  • Joel 1:15
    73%

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

  • Isa 30:26
    73%

    26And the light of the moon hath been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of Jehovah's binding up the breach of His people, When the stroke of its wound He healeth.

  • Ezek 32:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    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,

  • Jer 13:16
    73%

    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.

  • Isa 8:22
    73%

    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!

  • Zeph 2:2
    72%

    2Before 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,

  • Mic 3:6
    71%

    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 5:18
    71%

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

  • Luke 21:25
    71%

    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;

  • Jer 31:35
    71%

    35Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name:

  • Jer 2:12
    71%

    12Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Eccl 12:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

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

    3In the day that keepers of the house tremble, And men of strength have bowed themselves, And grinders have ceased, because they have become few. And those looking out at the windows have become dim,

  • Acts 2:16
    71%

    16`But this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:

  • Isa 60:2
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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.

  • Mal 4:5
    71%

    5Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

  • Zeph 1:17
    71%

    17And I have sent distress to men, And they have walked as the blind, For against Jehovah they have sinned, And poured out is their blood as dust, And their flesh `is' as dung.

  • Isa 2:21
    71%

    21To 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.

  • Mal 4:1
    71%

    1For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,

  • Isa 13:6
    71%

    6Howl ye, for near `is' the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

  • Joel 2:6
    70%

    6From its face pained are peoples, All faces have gathered paleness.

  • Isa 26:21
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    21For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'

  • 2 Pet 3:10
    70%

    10and 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.