Devine Scripture

Amos 5:20

Amos chapter 5 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Context

v.19As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

v.20This passage

v.21I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

  • Jude 1:13

    wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.

  • Nahum 1:8

    But with an over-running flood he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

  • Zephaniah 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,

  • Job 10:21

    Before I go whence I shall not return, Evento the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

  • Job 3:4

    Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.