ACTs 2:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT The sun will be turned to darkness,
⇔  and the moon to blood
⇔  before the great and remarkable day of the Lord comes.

UST In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the momentous time when I, the Lord God, come to judge everyone.

BSB The sun will be turned to darkness,
⇔ and the moon to blood,
⇔ before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

BLB The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord coming.

AICNT the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord comes.

OEB the sun will become darkness,
⇔ and the moon blood-red,
⇔ before the day of the Lord comes – that great and awful day.

WEBBE The sun will be turned into darkness,
⇔ and the moon into blood,
⇔ before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The sun will be changed to darkness
⇔  and the moon to blood
⇔  before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

LSV The sun will be turned to darkness,
And the moon to blood,
Before the coming of the Day of the LORD—the great and conspicuous;

FBV The sun will become dark, and the moon will become red like blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord.

TCNT The sun will be turned to darkness
⇔ and the moon to blood,
⇔ before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.

T4T In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the important and splendid/amazing day [MTY] when I, the Lord God, will come to judge everyone.

LEB • and the moon to blood, • before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

BBE The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

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Wymth The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, to usher in the day of the Lord— that great and illustrious day;

ASV The sun shall be turned into darkness,
⇔ And the moon into blood,
⇔ Before the day of the Lord come,
⇔ That great and notable day:

DRA The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.

YLT the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord — the great and illustrious;

Drby the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.

RV The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day:

Wbstr The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.

KJB-1769 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

KJB-1611 [fn]The Sunne shall be turned into darkenesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
(The Sun shall be turned into darkness, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.)

2:20 Ioel 2.31

Bshps The Sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
(The Sun shall be turned into darkness, and the Moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.)

Gnva The Sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come.
(The Sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come. )

Cvdl The Sonne shalbe turned in to darknesse, and the Moone in to bloude, before that greate and notable daye of the LORDE come.
(The Son shall be turned in to darkness, and the Moone in to blood, before that great and notable day of the LORD come.)

TNT The sunne shalbe turned into darknes and the mone into bloud before that greate and notable daye of the Lorde come.
(The sun shall be turned into darknes and the moon into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come. )

Wycl The sunne schal be turned in to derknessis, and the moone in to blood, bifor that the greet and the opyn dai of the Lord come.
(The sun shall be turned in to darkness, and the moon in to blood, before that the great and the opyn day of the Lord come.)

Luth Die Sonne soll sich verkehren in Finsternis und der Mond in Blut, ehe denn der große und offenbarliche Tag des HErr’s kommt.
(The sun should itself/yourself/themselves verkehren in darkness and the/of_the moon in blood, before because the/of_the large and offenbarliche Tag the LORD’s kommt.)

ClVg sol convertetur in tenebras, et luna in sanguinem, antequam veniat dies Domini magnus et manifestus.
(sol convertetur in tenebras, and luna in sanguinem, before let_him_come days Master big and manifestus. )

UGNT ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα, πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ.
(ho haʸlios metastrafaʸsetai eis skotos kai haʸ selaʸnaʸ eis haima, prin aʸ elthein haʸmeran Kuriou taʸn megalaʸn kai epifanaʸ.)

SBL-GNT ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρὶν ⸀ἢ ⸀ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ.
(ho haʸlios metastrafaʸsetai eis skotos kai haʸ selaʸnaʸ eis haima prin ⸀aʸ ⸀elthein haʸmeran kuriou taʸn megalaʸn kai epifanaʸ.)

TC-GNT ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος,
⇔ καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα,
⇔ πρὶν [fn]ἢ ἐλθεῖν [fn]τὴν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ·
(ho haʸlios metastrafaʸsetai eis skotos,
⇔ kai haʸ selaʸnaʸ eis haima,
⇔ prin aʸ elthein taʸn haʸmeran Kuriou taʸn megalaʸn kai epifanaʸ; )

2:20 η ¦ — NA TH WH

2:20 την ¦ — NA SBL TH WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

The Gift of Prophecy

As Peter had declared at Pentecost, the gift of prophecy was one of the results of the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit (Acts 2:17-21; see Joel 2:28-32). The book of Acts names a few Christian prophets (Acts 11:27-28; 13:1; 15:32; 21:9-11; see also The Martyrdom of Polycarp 12:3; 16:2). One of these prophets was Agabus, whose function was similar to that of an Old Testament prophet, performing symbolic acts (Acts 21:10-11; see 1 Kgs 11:29-32; Isa 20:2-6; Jer 13:1-11; Ezek 4:1–5:17) and predicting events to come (Acts 11:28; 21:10-11).

Philip the Evangelist was the father of four young women who “had the gift of prophecy” (21:9). The apostle Paul also acknowledged the prophetic gift of some Christian women (1 Cor 11:5). In the Old Testament, most prophets were men, but several women are also described as prophets, for example, Miriam (Exod 15:20), Deborah (Judg 4:4), and Huldah (2 Kgs 22:14-20; 2 Chr 34:22-28). In the New Testament, the gift of prophecy is given to both men and women, and both young and old, as Peter signaled in his sermon at Pentecost (Acts 2:17-18).

Although prophecy sometimes involves foretelling the future (20:22-23; 21:10-11; see Rom 9:24-33; 1 Thes 4:13-17; 2 Thes 2:3-4), at its core prophecy is proclaiming God’s word by preaching, exhorting, and explaining the will of God (Acts 15:32; 19:6; Rom 12:6; 1 Cor 14:3-4, 29-33; Rev 19:10). The gift of prophecy is clearly mentioned in 1 Corinthians and Ephesians as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit and of Christ to the church (1 Cor 12:4-11; Eph 4:11-13). It is to be used for the benefit of believers (1 Cor 14:22).

Prophecy is always in need of testing (1 Thes 5:19-21), and the church is strongly warned against false prophets (1 Jn 4:1; see also Rev 2:20-23). When used faithfully and in submission to God’s word and his Spirit, courageous proclamation of God’s truth helps the church to determine what God’s will is and inspires God’s people to do it.

Passages for Further Study

Exod 15:20; Deut 13:1-5; Judg 4:4; 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 2 Kgs 22:14-20; Isa 20:2-6; 44:25; Jer 13:1-11; 23:25-32; Ezek 4:1-17; 13:2-9; Joel 2:28-32; Matt 7:15; 24:24; Acts 2:17-21; 11:27-28; 13:1; 15:32; 19:6; 20:23; Acts 21:9-11; Rom 12:6; 1 Cor 11:5; 12:4-11; 14:1-40; Eph 4:11-13; 1 Thes 5:19-21; 2 Pet 2:1; 1 Jn 4:1-3; Rev 2:20-23; 19:10

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα, πρὶν ἢ ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ

the sun /will_be_being/_altered into darkness and the moon into blood before (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα πρὶν ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ)

You may have decided to turn Peter’s quotation from Joel into an indirect quotation in order to avoid having a second-level quotation. Alternate translation: [God said that sun would be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood before the great and remarkable day of the Lord came]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

the sun /will_be_being/_altered into darkness

If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this with an active form. Alternate translation: [I will turn the sun to darkness] or, if you are making this an indirect quotation, “God said that he would turn the sun to darkness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

the sun /will_be_being/_altered into darkness

God is speaking as if he would change the sun into something else. Alternate translation: [The sun will become dark] or [The sun will no longer shine brightly]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ὁ ἥλιος μεταστραφήσεται εἰς σκότος

the sun /will_be_being/_altered into darkness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word darkness, you could express the same idea with an adjective such as “dark.” Alternate translation: [The sun will become dark]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

and the moon into blood

Here some words have been left out that a sentence would need in many languages to be complete. You can supply these words from earlier in the sentence. Alternate translation: [and the moon will be turned to blood]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

and the moon into blood

If you decide to supply words as the previous note suggests, but your language does not use passive verbal forms, you could use an active form. Alternate translation: [and I will turn the moon to blood] or, if you are making this an indirect quotation, “and that he would turn the moon to blood”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

καὶ ἡ σελήνη εἰς αἷμα

and the moon into blood

God is speaking as if he would change the moon into something else. Alternate translation: [and the moon will look like blood] or [and the moon will appear to be red]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

ἡμέραν & τὴν μεγάλην καὶ ἐπιφανῆ

/the/_day & ¬the great and glorious

The words great and remarkable mean similar things. They are being used together for emphasis. Alternate translation: [the very great day] or [the truly remarkable day]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου

/to/_come /the/_day ˱of˲_/the/_Lord

This is an expression that many of the prophets use. It refers to the time when God will judge and punish people for their sins. Alternate translation: [the time when the Lord judges and punishes people for their sins]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

ἐλθεῖν ἡμέραν Κυρίου

/to/_come /the/_day ˱of˲_/the/_Lord

In this expression, God is speaking of himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person in your translation. Alternate translation: [time arrives when I judge and punish people for their sins]

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