JOEL 2:31 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The sun will turn into darkness
⇔ and the moon into blood,
⇔ before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

UST In the sky, the sun will become dark, and the moon will become as red as blood.
⇔ Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, come to judge all people.

BSB The sun will be turned to darkness
⇔ and the moon to blood
⇔ before the coming of the great and awesome [fn] Day of the LORD.

OEB The sun will be turned into darkness,
⇔ and the moon into blood
⇔ before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(28-32)“And that’s just the beginning: After that—
  “I will pour out my Spirit
  on every kind of people:
Your sons will prophesy,
  also your daughters.
Your old men will dream,
  your young men will see visions.
I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants,
  men and women both.
I’ll set wonders in the sky above
  and signs on the earth below:
Blood and fire and billowing smoke,
  the sun turning black and the moon blood-red,
Before the Judgment Day of God,
  the Day tremendous and awesome.
Whoever calls, ‘Help, God!’
  gets help.
On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
  there will be a great rescue—just as God said.
Included in the survivors
  are those that God calls.”

NET 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!

LSV The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood,
Before the coming of the Day of YHWH,
The great and the fearful.

FBV The sun will turn dark, and the moon will turn red like blood at the coming of the great and fearful day of the Lord.”

T4T In the sky, the sun will become dark and the moon will become as red as [MET] blood.
⇔ Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, appear.

LEB No LEB JOEL 2:31 verse available

BBE The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.

Moff No Moff JOEL book available

JPS (3-4) The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.

ASV The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah cometh.

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

YLT The sun is turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Drby The sun shall be changed to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.

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

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

KJB-1769 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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

2:31 Cha. 3.15

Bshps The sunne shalbe turned into darknesse, and the moone into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord come.
(The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and terrible day of the Lord come.)

Gnva The sunne shalbe turned into darkenesse, and the moone into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.
(The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come. )

Cvdl The Sonne shalbe turned in to darcknesse, & ye Moone in to bloude: before yt greate & notable daye off the LORDE come.
(The Son shall be turned in to darknessse, and ye/you_all Moone in to blood: before it great and notable day off the LORD come.)

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

Luth No Luth JOEL 2:31 verse available

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ⁠שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ לְ⁠חֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְ⁠הַ⁠יָּרֵ֖חַ לְ⁠דָ֑ם

(ha⁠shshemesh yēhāfēk lə⁠ḩoshek və⁠ha⁠yyārēaḩ lə⁠dām)

Yahweh is speaking as if the sun and moon would literally turn into darkness and blood. He means that they will appear as they do during eclipses. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The sun and the moon will appear as they do during eclipses”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠שֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ֙ יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ לְ⁠חֹ֔שֶׁךְ וְ⁠הַ⁠יָּרֵ֖חַ לְ⁠דָ֑ם

(ha⁠shshemesh yēhāfēk lə⁠ḩoshek və⁠ha⁠yyārēaḩ lə⁠dām)

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The sun will become darkness and the moon will become blood”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠הַ⁠יָּרֵ֖חַ לְ⁠דָ֑ם

(və⁠ha⁠yyārēaḩ lə⁠dām)

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and the moon will be turned into blood”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לִ⁠פְנֵ֗י בּ֚וֹא י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַ⁠גָּד֖וֹל וְ⁠הַ⁠נּוֹרָֽא

(li⁠fənēy bōʼ yōm yəhvāh ha⁠ggādōl və⁠ha⁠nnōrāʼ)

Here, to the face of is an idiom that means “before.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַ⁠גָּד֖וֹל וְ⁠הַ⁠נּוֹרָֽא

(yōm yəhvāh ha⁠ggādōl və⁠ha⁠nnōrāʼ)

Yahweh is speaking about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: “my great and terrible day”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

י֣וֹם יְהוָ֔ה הַ⁠גָּד֖וֹל וְ⁠הַ⁠נּוֹרָֽא

(yōm yəhvāh ha⁠ggādōl və⁠ha⁠nnōrāʼ)

See how you translated the similar expression in 1:15.

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