Joel 3:15 “The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.”

Joel 3:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

World English Bible

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

American Standard Version

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Geneva Bible 1599

The sunne and moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.

Darby Translation

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.

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Cross references

“The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.”

Joel 2:10 Joel 2:31 Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10 Luke 21:25 Luke 21:26

Joel 2:10 · BSB

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

Joel 2:31 · BSB

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

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. ’

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.

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.

Luke 21:26 · BSB

Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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

In context

14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

16The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel.

Read Joel 3