Amos 5:20
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
KJV
Numquid non tenebræ dies Domini, et non lux ; et caligo, et non splendor in ea ?
Vulgate
οὐχὶ σκότος ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ κυρίου καὶ οὐ φῶς; καὶ γνόφος οὐκ ἔχων φέγγος αὕτη;
LXX
Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
ASV
הֲ/לֹא חֹ֛שֶׁךְ י֥וֹם יְהוָ֖ה וְ/לֹא א֑וֹר וְ/אָפֵ֖ל וְ/לֹא נֹ֥גַֽהּ לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אָפֵ֖ל
'pl
adjective · 1×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נֹ֥גַֽהּ
ngh
noun · 18×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezek 34:12 — As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the
- Isa 13:10 — For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
- Job 10:21 — Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
- Job 15:23 — He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- Joel 2:11 — And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
- Mark 13:24 — But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
- Matt 24:29 — Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
- Zeph 1:15 — That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,