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Joel 2:31

The return of ChristJudgment

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

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.

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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.

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BSB
The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
KJV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
WEB
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.
ASV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.
DARBY
The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
BLB
The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of of the great and awesome day of YHWH.
ÅB
Solen skal omskiftes til mørke, og månen til blod, før Herrens dag kommer, den store og forferdelige.
OTB
Solen vil bli forvandlet til mørke
og månen til blod
før Herrens store og fryktinngytende dag kommer.
B1930
Solen skal omskiftes til mørke, og månen til blod, før Herrens dag kommer, den store og forferdelige.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Revelation 6:12–13

    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;

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  • Matthew 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:

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  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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  • Malachi 4:5

    Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

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  • Joel 3:15

    The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

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  • Zephaniah 1:14–16

    The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.

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  • Mark 13:24–25

    But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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  • Joel 2:10

    The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

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