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International Version</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joel/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the LORD arrives.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joel/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joel/2.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />"The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and awe-inspiring Day of the LORD comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joel/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The sun will turn dark, and the moon will be as red as blood before that great and terrible day when I appear. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The sun will be darkened, and the moon will turn red as blood before the great and terrible day of the LORD comes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood before the terrifying day of the LORD comes."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun will be given over to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and terrifying Day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the LORD comes--that great and terrible day! </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/joel/2.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/joel/2.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/joel/2.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/joel/2.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD shall come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/joel/2.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/joel/2.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />The sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/joel/2.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />The Sonne shalbe turned in to darcknesse, & ye Moone in to bloude: before yt greate & notable daye off the LORDE come.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, "" Before the coming of the Day of YHWH, "" The great and the fearful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and the terrible day of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord shall arrive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and awesome day of LORD JEHOVAH will come<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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/></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/joel/2.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: haš·še·meš (Art:: N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement.">The sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: yê·hā·p̄êḵ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">will be turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822: lə·ḥō·šeḵ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- From chashak; the dark; hence darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.">to darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394: wə·hay·yā·rê·aḥ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Moon. From the same as yerach; the moon.">and the moon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: lə·ḏām (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">to blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bō·w (V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">the coming</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">of the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372: wə·han·nō·w·rā (Conj-w, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten. A primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. To frighten.">and awesome</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">Day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/joel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">The sun</a><a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015. haphak (haw-fak') -- to turn, overturn"> is turned</a><a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822. choshek (kho-shek') -- darkness, obscurity"> to darkness</a><a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394. yareach (yaw-ray'-akh) -- moon">, and the moon</a><a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818. dam (dawm) -- blood"> to blood</a><a href="/hebrew/9997.htm0">, Before</a><a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go"> the coming</a><a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day"> of the day</a><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel"> of Jehovah</a><a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419. gadowl (gaw-dole') -- great">, The great</a><a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372. yare' (yaw-ray') -- affright"> and the fearful.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/joel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa">The</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="שֶׁמֶשׁ ncbsa 8121"> sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="הפך vni3ms 2015"> will be turned</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="חֹשֶׁךְ ncmsa 2822"> darkness</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc">and</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="יָרֵחַ ncmsa 3394"> moon</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="דָּם ncmsa 1818"> blood</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="פָּנֶה ncbpc 6440"></a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="גָּדֹול amsa 1419"> great</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="ירא_1 vnPmsa 3372"> awe-inspiring</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="יֹום_1 ncmsc 3117"> Day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="יהוה np 3068"> of the <span class="divineName">LORD</span></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="בוא vqc 935"> comes</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/joel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">"The sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015. haphak (haw-fak') -- to turn, overturn">will be turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822. choshek (kho-shek') -- darkness, obscurity">into darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394. yareach (yaw-ray'-akh) -- moon">And the moon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818. dam (dawm) -- blood">into blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">Before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419. gadowl (gaw-dole') -- great">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372a.htm" title="3372a">and awesome</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">comes.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/joel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121. shemesh (sheh'-mesh) -- sun">The sun</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015. haphak (haw-fak') -- to turn, overturn">shall be turned</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822. choshek (kho-shek') -- darkness, obscurity">into darkness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3394.htm" title="3394. yareach (yaw-ray'-akh) -- moon">and the moon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818. dam (dawm) -- blood">into blood,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440. paniym (paw-neem') -- face, faces">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419. gadowl (gaw-dole') -- great">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/3372.htm" title="3372. yare' (yaw-ray') -- affright">and the terrible</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117. yowm (yome) -- day">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068. Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') -- the proper name of the God of Israel">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935. bow' (bo) -- to come in, come, go in, go">come.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../joel/2-30.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Joel 2:30"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Joel 2:30" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../joel/2-32.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Joel 2:32"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Joel 2:32" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>