Joel 2:30
28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Read in contextLuke 21:11
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Read in contextMatthew 24:29
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Read in contextLuke 21:25–26
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Read in contextJudges 20:40
But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.
Read in contextMark 13:24–25
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Read in contextRevelation 6:12–17
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Read in contextGenesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
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