20Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?


In Context

17 There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst," says the Lord .

18 Woe to you who long for the day of the Lord ! Why do you long for the day of the Lord ? That day will be darkness, not light.

19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him.

20 Will not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness?

21 "I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies.

22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.

Amos 5:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20[Shall] not the day of the LORD [be] darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Won't the day of Yahweh be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:20Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, Even thick darkness that hath no brightness?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?