Joel 3:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.”
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BSBPD
“The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Joel 3:15 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Joel 2:10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- 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.
- 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.’
- 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.
- 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,
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