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Joel 2:10
10Before them land quakes, heaven trembles, sun and moon become dark, stars withdraw 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
8One does not crowd another. Each one marches on his own highway. They plunge through the weapons, never breaking off. 9They rush on the city, they run on the wall, they climb up into the houses, coming through the windows like a thief. Before them land quakes, heaven trembles, sun and moon become dark, stars withdraw their brightness. 11Adonai utters His voice before His army. For His camp is very vast—for mighty is it that carries out His word. For great is the day of Adonai— very terrifying! Who can endure it? 12“Yet even now” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting.”
Read all of Joel 2Joel 2:10 word by word
לְפָנָיו֙ רָ֣גְזָה אֶ֔רֶץ רָעֲשׁ֖וּ שָׁמָ֑יִם שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ וְיָרֵ֙חַ֙ קָדָ֔רוּ וְכוֹכָבִ֖ים אָסְפ֥וּ נָגְהָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- shall quakeרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- them; the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- shall trembleרָעַשׁrâ‛ash · to shakeH7493
- the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
- and the moonיָרֵחַyârêach · moonH3394
- shall be darkקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
- and the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
- shall withdrawאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
- their shiningנֹ֫גַהּnôgahh · brightnessH5051
Cross-references for Joel 2:10
- Psalms 18:7In my distress I called on Adonai, and cried to my God for help. From His Temple He heard my voice, my cry before Him came into His ears.
- Psalms 114:7Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
- Nahum 1:5Mountains quaked because of Him, and the hills have melted. The earth has heaved up at His presence—yes, the world and everything dwelling in it.
- Matthew 27:51And behold, the curtain of the Temple was split in two, from top to bottom. And the earth quaked and rocks were split apart.
- Revelation 6:12I saw when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as black as sackcloth made of goat’s hair, and the full moon became like blood.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne, and the One seated on it. The earth and heaven fled from His presence, but no place was found for them.
- Joel 2:2A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
- 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 34:4Then all the host of heaven will dissolve, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll— so all their array will wither away, like a leaf drooping from a vine, like a fig shriveling from a fig tree.
- Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth and behold, it was deserted and desolate, and at the heavens and they had no light.
- Ezekiel 32:7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with cloud, and the moon will not give her light.
- Amos 5:8He who made the Pleiades and Orion and changes deep darkness to morning. Who darkens the day into night. Who summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the face of the earth —Adonai is His Name.
- Matthew 24:29“But immediately after the trouble of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:24“But in those days, after that trouble, ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
- Luke 21:25“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars. And upon the earth nations will be confused by the roaring of the sea and its 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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