Parallel Verses

King James Version

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

New American Standard Bible

“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near;
It will be a day of clouds,
A time of doom for the nations.

Holman Bible

For a day is near;
a day belonging to the Lord is near.
It will be a day of clouds,
a time of doom for the nations.

International Standard Version

For comes now the day comes now the Day of the LORD, the day of clouds! The time of the gentiles is fulfilled!

A Conservative Version

For the day is near, even the day of LORD is near. It shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

American Standard Version

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Amplified


“For the day is near,
Even the day of the Lord is near,
It will be a cloudy day;
A time of doom for the nations.

Bible in Basic English

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.

Darby Translation

For the day is at hand, yea, the day of Jehovah is at hand, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.

Julia Smith Translation

For the day is near, the day of Jehovah is near, the day of a cloud; it shall be the time of the nations.

King James 2000

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time for the nations.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For a day [is] near; indeed, a day [is] near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of [the] nations it will be.

Modern King James verseion

For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a cloudy day. It shall be the time of the nations.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for the day is here, the day of the LORD is come: the dark day of the Heathen, the hour is at hand,

NET Bible

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

New Heart English Bible

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

The Emphasized Bible

For near, is a day, Yea near, is a day pertaining to Yahweh, A day of cloud, A time of nations, shall it be!

Webster

For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.

World English Bible

For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.

Youngs Literal Translation

For near is a day, near is a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

is near
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
Usage: 77
Usage: 77

even the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

a cloudy
ענן 
`anan 
Usage: 87

day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

it shall be the time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

Context Readings

A Lament Over The Nation And Land Of Egypt

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! 3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.


Cross References

Ezekiel 7:7

The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.

Ezekiel 30:18

At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.

Ezekiel 34:12

As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Zephaniah 1:7

Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.

Exodus 14:20

And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Psalm 37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

Psalm 110:6

He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

Psalm 149:7-9

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

Isaiah 19:1

The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.

Isaiah 24:21-23

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.

Isaiah 34:2-17

For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.

Jeremiah 25:15-29

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Ezekiel 7:19

They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 29:12

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Joel 1:15

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Joel 2:1-2

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Joel 3:11-14

Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

Amos 5:16-20

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Zephaniah 1:14

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.

Zephaniah 3:6-7

I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

Zechariah 14:3-19

Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Matthew 24:33

So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Philippians 4:5

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

James 5:9

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Revelation 6:17

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 19:13-21

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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