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The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (τὴν) before great here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.
ὁ ho the ὁ ho the ὁ article, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject form G3588 the, the definite article. ἥλιος hēlios sun ἥλιος hēlios sun ἥλιος noun, nominative, singular, masculine — “sun”, the subject form G2246 the sun, sunlight. The sun μεταστραφήσεται metastraphēsetai shall be turned μεταστραφήσεται metastraphēsetai shall be turned μεταστρέφω (metastrephō) verb, future passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be turned”, an action still ahead G3344 I turn, change, corrupt, pervert. shall be turned εἰς eis into εἰς eis into εἰς preposition — “into” G1519 into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among. This verse uses “into”. into σκότος skotos darkness σκότος skotos darkness σκότος noun, accusative, singular, neuter — “darkness”, the object form G4655 darkness, either physical or moral. darkness καὶ kai and καὶ kai and καί conjunction — “and” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. and ἡ hē the ἡ hē the ὁ (ho) article, nominative, singular, feminine — “the”, the subject form G3588 the, the definite article. σελήνη selēnē moon σελήνη selēnē moon σελήνη noun, nominative, singular, feminine — “moon”, the subject form G4582 the moon. the moon εἰς eis into εἰς eis into εἰς preposition — “into” G1519 into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among. This verse uses “into”. into αἷμα haima blood αἷμα haima blood αἷμα noun, accusative, singular, neuter — “blood”, the object form G129 blood (especially as shed). blood πρὶν prin before πρὶν prin before πρίν conjunction — “before” G4250 formerly, before. This verse uses “before”. ἢ ē before ἢ ē before ἤ conjunction — “before” G2228 or, than. before ἐλθεῖν elthein to come ἐλθεῖν elthein to come ἔρχομαι (erchomai) Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms. verb, aorist active infinitive — “to come”, a single action G2064 I come, go. come ἡμέραν hēmeran day ἡμέραν hēmeran day ἡμέρα (hēmera) noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “day”, the object form G2250 a day, the period from sunrise to sunset. κυρίου kuriou lord κυρίου kuriou lord κύριος (kurios) noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-form G2962 lord, master, sir; the Lord. This verse uses “lord”. τὴν tēn the τὴν tēn the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. μεγάλην megalēn great μεγάλην megalēn great μέγας (megas) adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “great”, the object form G3173 large, great, in the widest sense. This verse uses “great”. καὶ kai and καὶ kai and καί conjunction — “and” G2532 and, even, also, namely. This verse uses “and”. ἐπιφανῆ. epiphanē glorious ἐπιφανῆ epiphanē glorious ἐπιφανής (epiphanēs) adjective, accusative, singular, feminine — “glorious”, the object form G2016 manifest, glorious, illustrious. This verse uses “glorious”. Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text
τὴν tēn the τὴν tēn the ὁ (ho) article, accusative, singular, feminine — “the”, the object form G3588 the, the definite article. Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)
the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord — the great and illustrious;
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American Standard Version (1901) The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the day of the Lord come, That great and notable day :
Young’s Literal Translation the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord — the great and illustrious;
World English Bible The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
Darby Translation the sun shall be changed to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and gloriously appearing day of [the] Lord come.
Douay-Rheims The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and manifest day of the Lord come.
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