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Joel 3:15

Judgment

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

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

16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

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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 and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
KJV
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
WEB
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
ASV
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
DARBY
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
BLB
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will withdraw their brightness.
ÅB
Sol og måne sortner, og stjernene holder opp å lyse.
OTB
Solen og månen vil bli formørket,
og stjernene vil miste sin glans.
B1930
Sol og måne sortner, og stjernene holder op å lyse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 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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  • Luke 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;

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  • Joel 2:31

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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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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  • Isaiah 13:10

    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.

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  • 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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