KJV King James Version
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
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Acts 2:19
And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
WEB World English Bible
I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and billows of smoke.
ASV American Standard Version
And I will show wonders in the heaven above, And signs on the earth beneath; Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath—blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,
Surrounding context — Acts 2
16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandδώσωG1325 · didōmito giveτέραταG5059 · teraswondersἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoοὐρανῷG3772 · ouranosheavenἄνωG507 · anōaboveκαὶG2532 · kaiandσημεῖαG4592 · sēmeionsignἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoγῆςG1093 · gēearth: planetκάτω,G2736 · katōunderαἷμαG129 · ahimabloodκαὶG2532 · kaiandπῦρG4442 · purfireκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀτμίδαG822 · atmisvaporκαπνοῦ.G2586 · kapnossmoke
Cross-references
Joel 2:30-31And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.Zephaniah 1:14-18The great day of the LORD [is] near, [it is] near, and hasteth greatly, [even] the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.Malachi 4:1-6For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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