Joel 2:30
28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
29 Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
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.
32 And 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.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- KJV
- And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
- WEB
- I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
- ASV
- And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
- DARBY
- And I will shew wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
- BLB
- And I will give wonders in the heavens and on the earth—blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil gjøre underfulle tegn på himmelen og på jorden: blod og ild og røkstøtter.
- OTB
- Jeg vil vise under på himmelen og på jorden,
blod og ild og røksøyler. - B1930
- Og jeg vil gjøre underfulle tegn på himmelen og på jorden: blod og ild og røkstøtter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 2:19–20
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
Read in contextLuke 21:11
There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.
Read in contextMatthew 24:29
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.’
Read in contextLuke 21:25–26
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.
Read in contextJudges 20:40
But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
Read in contextMark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
Read in contextRevelation 6:12–17
And 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,
Read in contextGenesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
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