Joel 2:31 “The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the co…”

Joel 2:31

The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

World English Bible

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.

American Standard Version

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

Darby Translation

The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.

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Cross references

“sun”

Matthew 24:29 Joel 3:15 Joel 2:10 Luke 21:25 Joel 3:1 Matthew 27:45

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. ’

Joel 3:15 · BSB

The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Joel 2:10 · BSB

Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

Luke 21:25 · BSB

There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Joel 3:1 · BSB

“Yes, in those days and at that time, when I restore Judah and Jerusalem from captivity,

Matthew 27:45 · BSB

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

“the great”

Malachi 4:1 Malachi 4:5 Zephaniah 1:14–16

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left…

Malachi 4:5 · BSB

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Zephaniah 1:14–16 · BSB

The great Day of the LORD is near— near and coming quickly. Listen, the Day of the LORD! Then the cry of the mighty will be bitter.

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

In context

30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.

32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.

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