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Wycliffe Bible

Ezekiel 30:3

wo! to the dai, for the dai is niy; and the dai of the Lord neiyith, the dai of a cloude. The tyme of hethene men schal be;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Day;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Clouds;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ethiopia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clouds;   Day of the Lord;   Poetry;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Time (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cloud;   Day of the Lord (Yahweh);   Joel (2);   Near;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Day of the Lord;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For a day is near;a day belonging to the Lord is near.It will be a day of clouds,a time of doom for the nations.
Hebrew Names Version
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
King James Version
For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
English Standard Version
For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
New American Standard Bible
"For the day is near, Indeed, the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.
New Century Version
The day is near; the Lord 's day of judging is near. It is a cloudy day and a time when the nations will be judged.
Amplified Bible
"For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near, It will be a cloudy day; A time of doom for the nations.
World English Bible
For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the day is neere, & the day of the Lord is at hand, a cloudie day, and it shall be the time of the heathen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the day is near,Even the day of Yahweh is near;It will be a day of clouds,A time of doom for the nations.
Berean Standard Bible
For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
Contemporary English Version
because you will soon be punished! That will be a time of darkness and doom for all nations.
Complete Jewish Bible
For the day is near, the Day of Adonai , a day of clouds, the time of the Goyim.
Darby Translation
For the day is at hand, yea, the day of Jehovah is at hand, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.
Easy-to-Read Version
That day is near! Yes, the Lord 's day for judging is near. It will be a cloudy day, the time for judging the nations.
George Lamsa Translation
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near; a cloudy day; a time of reckoning for the nations.
Good News Translation
The day is near, the day when the Lord will act, A day of clouds and trouble for the nations.
Lexham English Bible
For a day is near; indeed, a day is near for Yahweh. A day of cloud, a time of the nations it will be.
Literal Translation
For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the nations.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for the daye is here, the daye of ye LORDE is come: the darcke daye of ye Heithe the houre is at honde,
American Standard Version
For the day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
Bible in Basic English
For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it will be the time of the nations.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a day of clouds, it shall be the time of the nations.
King James Version (1611)
For the day is neere, euen the day of the Lord is neere, a cloudie day; it shalbe the time of the heathen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the day is neare, the day of the Lorde is at hande, the darke day, the time of the nations shalbe,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the day of the Lord is nigh, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations.
English Revised Version
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a day of clouds; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Update Bible Version
For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the day [is] near, even the day of the LORD [is] near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
New English Translation
For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.
New King James Version
For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles.
New Living Translation
for the terrible day is almost here— the day of the Lord ! It is a day of clouds and gloom, a day of despair for the nations.
New Life Bible
For the day is near. The day of the Lord is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of trouble for the nations.
New Revised Standard
For a day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For near, is a day, Yea near, is a day pertaining to Yahweh, A day of cloud, A time of nations, shall it be!
Douay-Rheims Bible
For the day is near, yea the day of the Lord is near: a cloudy day, it shall be the time of the nations.
Revised Standard Version
For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
Young's Literal Translation
For near [is] a day, near [is] a day to Jehovah! A day of clouds, the time of nations it is.

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of the Lord was maad to me, 2 and he seide, Sone of man, profesie thou, and seie, The Lord God seith these thingis, Yelle ye, Wo! 3 wo! to the dai, for the dai is niy; and the dai of the Lord neiyith, the dai of a cloude. The tyme of hethene men schal be; 4 and a swerd schal come in to Egipt, and drede schal be in Ethiopie, whanne woundid men schulen falle doun in Egipt, and the multitude therof schal be takun awei, and the foundementis therof schulen be distried. 5 Ethiopie, and Libie, and Lidiens, and al the residue comyn puple, and Chub, and the sones of the lond of boond of pees schulen falle doun bi swerd with hem. 6 The Lord God seith these thingis, And thei that vndursetten Egipt schulen falle doun, and the pride of the lordschipe therof schal be destried; fro the tour of Sienes thei schulen falle bi swerd ther ynne, seith the Lord of oostis. 7 And thei schulen be distried in the myddis of londis maad desolat, and the citees therof schulen be in the myddis of citees forsakun. 8 And thei schulen wite, that Y am the Lord God, whanne Y schal yyue fier in Egipt, and alle the helperis therof schulen be al to-brokun. 9 In that dai messangeris schulen go out fro my face in schippis with thre ordris of ooris, to al to-breke the trist of Ethiopie; and drede schal be in hem in the dai of Egipt, for with out doute it schal come. 10 The Lord God seith these thingis, And I schal make to ceesse the multitude of Egipt in the hond of Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the day is: Ezekiel 7:7, Ezekiel 7:12, Psalms 37:13, Obadiah 1:15, Joel 2:1, Zephaniah 1:7, Zephaniah 1:14, Matthew 24:33, Philippians 4:5, James 5:9, Revelation 6:17

a cloudy: Ezekiel 30:18, Ezekiel 32:7, Ezekiel 34:12, Exodus 14:20, Exodus 14:24, Isaiah 19:1, Joel 2:1, Joel 2:2, Amos 5:16-20

the time: Ezekiel 29:12, Psalms 110:6, Psalms 149:7-9, Isaiah 24:21-23, Isaiah 34:2-17, Jeremiah 25:15-29, Joel 3:11-14, Zephaniah 3:6, Zephaniah 3:7, Zechariah 14:3-19, Revelation 19:13-21

Reciprocal: Job 3:5 - let a cloud Isaiah 13:6 - for the day Ezekiel 13:5 - the day Ezekiel 21:25 - whose Joel 3:12 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 30:2
To whom Jacob was wrooth, and answerde, Wher Y am for God, which haue priued thee fro the fruyt of thi wombe?
Genesis 30:3
And sche seide, Y haue `a seruauntesse Bala, entre thou to hir that she childe on my knees, and that Y haue sones of hir.
Genesis 30:9
Lya feelide that sche ceesside to bere child, and sche yaf Selfa, hir handmayde, to the hosebonde.
Genesis 50:23
and he seiy the sones of Effraym til to the thridde generacioun; also the sones of Machir, son of Manasses, weren borun in the knees of Joseph.
Ruth 4:11
Al the puple, that was in the yate, answeride, and the grettere men in birthe answeriden, We ben witnessis; the Lord make this womman, that entrith in to thin hows, as Rachel and Lia, that bildiden the hows of Israel, that sche be ensaumple of vertu in Effrata, and haue a solempne name in Bethleem;
Job 3:12
Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the day is near,.... The day of Egypt's destruction, the time fixed for it:

even the day of the Lord is near; the day appointed by him, and in which he would make himself known by the judgments he executed: Kimchi observes, that, the same year this prophecy was delivered, Egypt was given into the hands of the king of Babylon:

a cloudy day; or; "a day of cloud" e; which was seldom seen in Egypt in a literal sense, rarely having any rain, their country being watered by the Nile; but now, in a figurative sense, the clouds would gather thick and black, and threaten with a horrible tempest of divine wrath, and of ruin and destruction:

it shall be the time of the Heathen: both when the Heathen nation of the Chaldeans should distress and conquer others; and when Heathen nations, as the Egyptians, Ethiopians, and others, should be destroyed by them. The Targum is,

"it shall be the time of the breaking or destruction of the people.''

e יום ענן "dies nubis", V. L. Pagniaus, Montanus, Cocceius, Starckius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The time of the pagan - The time when the pagan (Egyptians) shall be judged.


 
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