Joel 3:15

The Sunne and the Moone shall be darkened, and the starres shall withdraw their shining.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
- Basic English Bible

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- Darby Bible

The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
- Webster's Bible

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- World English Bible

Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.
- Youngs Literal Bible

(4:15) The sun and the moon are become black, and the stars withdraw their shining.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Joel 3:15

3:13 Put ye - Ye executioners of divine vengeance: begin to reap, cut down sinners ripe for judgment; let Tiglath Pilneser and his soldiers cut down Syria and its king, for their violence against my people. Let Cyaxares and his armies cut down Assyria. Let Nebuchadnezzar cut down Moab, Ammon, mount Seir, Egypt, Tyre, Zidon and the Philistines; after this let Cyrus reap down the ripened Babylonians, and Alexander the Medes and Persians. And let the divided Grecian captains cut down one another, 'till the Romans cut them down. And when this is done God will have mighty ones still to cut down his enemies, 'till the final judgment wherein they all shall for ever be destroyed. Get you down - In another metaphor the prophet declares the cutting off the church's enemies. The press - As the grapes in the press are trod, so the enemies of God's people, are to be trodden in the wine - press of God's displeasure. Overflow - The blood of slaughtered men runs as wine prest out, in greater abundance than the vats can hold. Is great - The violence and all manner of sins of these kingdoms is grown exceeding great.

3:14 In the valley of decision - Where God having gathered them, decided their quarrels, and by the conqueror punish the conquered for their sins against God and his people. The day - The day of vengeance.

3:16 Shall roar - He will strike the enemy with astonishment as the roaring of the lion astonishes the weaker beasts of the forest.

3:17 Dwelling - Very graciously present with you, and ever watching over you, and delighting to save you. Then - After her enemies are destroyed and the remnant is saved, and the Messiah is come; for to him and his days these things ultimately refer. Jerusalem - The church of Christ. Strangers - No profane or unclean person shall pass through it, or be found in it any more for ever.