Joel

Joel 2:30–31

³⁰I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth,

blood and fire and columns^g of smoke.

³¹The sun will be turned to darkness

and the moon to blood

before the coming of the great and awesome^h Day of the LORD.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will show	וְנָֽתַתִּי֙	wə·nā·ṯat·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
wonders	מֽוֹפְתִ֔ים	mō·wp̄·ṯîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4159 wonder, sign, portent
in the heavens	בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם	baš·šā·ma·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and on the earth	וּבָאָ֑רֶץ	ū·ḇā·’ā·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
blood	דָּ֣ם	dām	Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
and fire	וָאֵ֔שׁ	wā·’êš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H784 fire
and columns	וְתִֽימֲר֖וֹת	wə·ṯî·mă·rō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct	H8490 column, cloud
of smoke	עָשָֽׁן׃	‘ā·šān	Noun - masculine singular	H6227 smoke

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The sun	הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙	haš·še·meš	Article; Noun - common singular	H8121 sun
will be turned	יֵהָפֵ֣ךְ	yê·hā·p̄êḵ	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2015 turn, overturn
to darkness	לְחֹ֔שֶׁךְ	lə·ḥō·šeḵ	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
and the moon	וְהַיָּרֵ֖חַ	wə·hay·yā·rê·aḥ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3394 moon
to blood	לְדָ֑ם	lə·ḏām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H1818 blood
before	לִפְנֵ֗י	lip̄·nê	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
the coming	בּ֚וֹא	bō·w	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
of the great	הַגָּד֖וֹל	hag·gā·ḏō·wl	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
and awesome	וְהַנּוֹרָֽא׃	wə·han·nō·w·rā	Conjunctive waw, Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3372 fear
Day	י֣וֹם	yō·wm	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Joel 2:30 Acts 2:19–20 · Luke 21:11 · Matthew 24:29 · Luke 21:25–26 · Judges 20:40 · Mark 13:24–25 · Revelation 6:12–17

Joel 2:31 Revelation 6:12–13 · Matthew 24:29 · Malachi 4:1 · Malachi 4:5 · Joel 3:15 · Joel 2:10 · Mark 13:24–25 · Zephaniah 1:14–16 · Isaiah 13:9–10 · Luke 21:25 · Joel 3:1 · Matthew 27:45

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.