Berean Standard Bible
Joel 2:10
10Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
- New International Version (NIV)Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The earth quakes before them, The heavens tremble; The sun and moon grow dark, And the stars diminish their brightness.
Context of Joel 2:10
8They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks. 9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves. Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. 11The LORD raises His voice in the presence of His army. Indeed, His camp is very large, for mighty are those who obey His command. For the Day of the LORD is great and very dreadful. Who can endure it? 12“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:10 word by word
לְפָנָיו֙ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֔רֶץ רָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמָ֑יִם שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֙חַ֙ קָדָ֔רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Before themפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- quakesרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
- the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- trembleרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
- The sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
- and moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
- grow darkקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- and the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
- loseאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
- their brightnessנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
Cross-references for Joel 2:10
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
- Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
- Revelation 6:12And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Joel 2:2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.
- Joel 3:15The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
- Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name—
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation 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 powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:24But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
- Luke 21:25There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
Commentaries on Joel 2:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The earth shall quake - the heavens shall tremble - Poetical expressions, to point out universal consternation and distress. The earth quaked to see itself deprived of its verdure; the heavens trembled to find themselves deprived of their light. The sun and the moon shall be dark - Bochart relates that "their multitude is sometimes so immense as to obscure the heavens for the space of twelve miles!" - Ibid. p. 479.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The earth shall quake before them - “Not,” says Jerome, “as though locusts or enemies had power to move the heavens or to shake the earth; but because, to those under trouble, for their exceeding terror, the heaven seems to fall and the earth to reel. But indeed, for the multitude of the locusts which cover the heavens, sun and moon shall be turned into darkness, and the stars shall withdraw their shining, while the cloud of locusts interrupts the light…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The shaking of the earth and sky often signals a theophany, which is an appearance of God (see Exodus 19:16–19; Isaiah 13:13; Nahum 1:5–6). The darkening of the sun and moon represents divine judgment (Isaiah 13:9–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. earth ... quake before them--that is, the inhabitants of the earth quake with fear of them. heavens ... tremble--that is, the powers of heaven (Mt 24:29); its illumining powers are disturbed by the locusts which intercept the sunlight with their dense flying swarms. These, however, are but the images of revolutions of states caused by such foes as were to invade Judea.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joel 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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