10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not give their light;
The sun will be (A)darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.

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10 The stars of heaven and their constellations
    will not show their light.(A)
The rising sun(B) will be darkened(C)
    and the moon will not give its light.(D)

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31 (A)The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
(B)Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.

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31 The sun will be turned to darkness(A)
    and the moon to blood
    before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.(B)

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“And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
(A)“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in [a]broad daylight;

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:9 Lit. a day of light

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,

“I will make the sun go down at noon
    and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)

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The Coming of the Son of Man(A)

29 (B)“Immediately after the tribulation of those days (C)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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29 “Immediately after the distress of those days

“‘the sun will be darkened,
    and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:29 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, (A)and [a]behold, there was a great earthquake; and (B)the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the [b]moon became like blood.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:12 NU, M omit behold
  2. Revelation 6:12 NU, M whole moon

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(A) The sun turned black(B) like sackcloth(C) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,

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