JOEL 2:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.”

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Joel 2:31 Translation & Meaning

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The sun הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ The sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement sun
shall be turned יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ To turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert turned
into darkness, לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ The dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness darkness
and the moon וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ The moon moon
into blood, לְדָ֑ם Blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e., drops of blood) blood
before לִפְנֵ֗י The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before
the great הַגָּד֖וֹל Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
and the terrible וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃ To fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten terrible
day י֣וֹם A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) day
of the Lord יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
come. בּ֚וֹא To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) come

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  • 29  And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

  • 30  And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

  • 31  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

  • 32  And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.




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