Isaiah 13:10

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“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 13:10 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
  2. Isaiah 24:21In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below.
  3. Isaiah 24:23The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.
  4. Isaiah 50:3I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
  5. Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
  6. Ezekiel 32:8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
  7. Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
  8. Joel 2:31The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
  9. Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
  10. Amos 8:9And 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.
  11. 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,
  12. Matthew 24:29Immediately 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.’
  13. Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
  14. Luke 21:25There 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.
  15. Revelation 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
  16. Revelation 8:12Then the fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun and moon and stars were struck. A third of the stars were darkened, a third of the day was without light, and a third of the night as well.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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