JOEL 3:15 Parallel Verse View

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Original JOL 4:15: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=important Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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).

BrLXX (JOL 4:15) Ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ἡ σελήνη συσκοτάσουσι, καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες δύσουσι φέγγος αὐτῶν.
(Ho haʸlios kai haʸ selaʸnaʸ suskotasousi, kai hoi asteres dusousi fengos autōn.)

BrTr (JOL 4:15) The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

ULT The sun and the moon become dark,
⇔ and the stars withdraw their brightness.

UST At that time there will be no light from the sun or moon,
⇔ and the stars will not shine.

BSB & MSB The sun and moon will grow dark,
⇔ and the stars {will} no longer shine.

OEB ⇔ Sun and moon have turned dark,
⇔ and the stars have withdrawn their shining.

WEBBE & WMBB The sun and the moon are darkened,
⇔ and the stars withdraw their shining.

NET The sun and moon are darkened;
⇔ the stars withhold their brightness.

LSV Sun and moon have been black,
And stars have gathered up their shining.

FBV The sun and moon will become dark, and the stars will stop shining.

T4T At that time there will be no light from the sun or moon,
⇔ and the stars will not shine.

LEB • The sun and the moon grow dark,
• and the stars have withheld[fn] their splendor.

3:8 Literally “gathered”

BBE The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.

Moff Dark the sun and moon,
⇔ the stars have ceased to shine,

JPS No JPS JOL 4:15 verse available

ASV The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

DRA The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.

YLT Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

Drby The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

RV The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

SLT The sun and the moon were darkened, and the stars took away their shining.

Wbstr The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

KJB-1769 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

KJB-1611 The Sunne and the Moone shall be darkened, and the starres shall withdraw their shining.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps The sunne and the moone shalbe darkned, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.
(The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.)

Gnva The sunne and moone shalbe darkened, and the starres shall withdrawe their light.
(The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.)

Cvdl The Sonne and Moone shall be darckened, & the starres shal withdrawe their light.
(The Son and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.)

Wycl The sunne and the moone ben maad derk, and sterris withdrowen her schynyng.
(The sun and the moon been made dark, and stars withdrawn her shining.)

Luth (JOL 4:15) Sonne und Mond werden verfinstert und die Sterne werden ihren Schein verhalten.
(sun and moon become darkened and the star become your(pl) appearance/glow behave.)

ClVg Sol et luna obtenebrati sunt, et stellæ retraxerunt splendorem suum.
(Sol and moon darkened are, and stars they_drew_back splendour his_own.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ וְ⁠יָרֵ֖חַ קָדָ֑רוּ וְ⁠כוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽ⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: sun and,moon grow_dark and_[the],stars withdraw brightness_of,their )

These are the same phrases as in 2:10, where Joel used them to describe the locust swarm blocking the light of the sun, moon, and stars. Here, in Joel’s description of the final judgment, these phrases could: (1) have a literal meaning, describing how the creation will disintegrate at the end of history. See the UST. Or (2) be symbolic of earthly rulers and nations losing their power. Alternate translation: [All earthly powers fade before the power of Yahweh]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠כוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽ⁠ם

and_[the],stars withdraw brightness_of,their

See how you translated the same expression in 2:10.

Parallel JOEL 3:15