Amos 5:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?”
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“Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Amos 5:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:4If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.
- Job 10:21before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,
- Isaiah 13:10For 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.
- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
- Zephaniah 1:15That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- Matthew 22:13Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
- Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
- Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish
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