Parallel Verses
Amplified
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
New American Standard Bible
And the stars lose their brightness.
King James Version
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Holman Bible
and the stars will cease their shining.
International Standard Version
The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will stop shining.
A Conservative Version
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
American Standard Version
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Bible in Basic English
The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
Darby Translation
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Julia Smith Translation
The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars took away their shining.
King James 2000
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] sun and [the] moon grow dark, and [the] stars {have withheld} their splendor.
Modern King James verseion
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall gather in their light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
NET Bible
The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness.
New Heart English Bible
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
The Emphasized Bible
The sun and the moon, have become dark, - and, the stars, have withdrawn their shining,
Webster
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
World English Bible
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Youngs Literal Translation
Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
Themes
Gentiles/heathen » The lord judging the heathen
Harvest » The day of the lord’s harvest
Israel/jews » Israel being attacked
Joel » Denounced » Judgments » Against » enemies of God
Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities
Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
Topics
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joel 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Judgment In The Valley Of Jehoshaphat
14
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
The Lord thunders and roars from Zion
And utters His voice from Jerusalem [in judgment of His enemies],
And the heavens and the earth tremble and shudder;
But the Lord is a refuge for His people
And a stronghold [of protection] to the children of Israel.
Names
Cross References
Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble,
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 2:31
“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash with their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises,
And the moon will not shed its light.
Matthew 24:29
Luke 21:25-26
Revelation 6:12-13
I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as