Amos 8:9 “And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at…”

Amos 8:9

And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

World English Bible

It will happen in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

American Standard Version

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

Geneva Bible 1599

And in that day, saith the Lord God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.

Darby Translation

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the clear day.

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Bible in Basic English

And it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:

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Cross references

“that I”

Jeremiah 15:9 Micah 3:6 Matthew 24:29 Amos 5:8 Job 5:14 Isaiah 13:10

Jeremiah 15:9 · BSB

The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,”…

Micah 3:6 · BSB

Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

Matthew 24:29 · BSB

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 the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’

Amos 5:8 · BSB

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—

Job 5:14 · BSB

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Isaiah 13:10 · BSB

For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

“and I”

Mark 15:33 Matthew 27:45 Luke 23:44 Exodus 10:21–23

Mark 15:33 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Luke 23:44 · BSB

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

Exodus 10:21–23 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.

10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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