Deuteronomy 4:19

4:19 When you look up ¹  to the sky ²  and see the sun, moon, and stars – the whole heavenly creation ³  – you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, ⁴  for the Lord your God has assigned ⁵  them to all the people ⁶  of the world. ⁷ 

Joshua 10:12-14

10:12 The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: ⁸ 

“O sun, stand still over Gibeon!

O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!”

10:13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. ⁹  The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. ¹⁰  10:14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed ¹¹  a man, for the Lord fought for Israel!

Job 31:26

31:26 if I looked at the sun ¹²  when it was shining,

and the moon advancing as a precious thing,

Job 38:7

38:7 when the morning stars ¹³  sang ¹⁴  in chorus, ¹⁵ 

and all the sons of God ¹⁶  shouted for joy?

Psalms 8:3

8:3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,

and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, ¹⁷ 

Psalms 19:6

19:6 It emerges from the distant horizon, ¹⁸ 

and goes from one end of the sky to the other; ¹⁹ 

nothing can escape ²⁰  its heat.

Psalms 74:16

74:16 You established the cycle of day and night; ²¹ 

you put the moon ²²  and sun in place. ²³ 

Psalms 136:7-9

136:7 to the one who made the great lights,

for his loyal love endures,

136:8 the sun to rule by day,

for his loyal love endures,

136:9 the moon and stars to rule by night,

for his loyal love endures,

Psalms 148:3

148:3 Praise him, O sun and moon!

Praise him, all you shiny stars! ²⁴ 

Psalms 148:5

148:5 Let them praise the name of the Lord,

for he gave the command and they came into existence.

Isaiah 13:10

13:10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations

no longer give out their light; ²⁵ 

the sun is darkened as soon as it rises,

and the moon does not shine. ²⁶ 

Isaiah 24:23

24:23 The full moon will be covered up, ²⁷ 

the bright sun ²⁸  will be darkened; ²⁹ 

for the Lord who commands armies will rule ³⁰ 

on Mount Zion in Jerusalem ³¹ 

in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor. ³² 

Isaiah 45:7

45:7 I am ³³  the one who forms light

and creates darkness; ³⁴ 

the one who brings about peace

and creates calamity. ³⁵ 

I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things.

Habakkuk 3:11

3:11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; ³⁶ 

the flash of your arrows drives them away, ³⁷ 

the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. ³⁸ 

Matthew 24:29

The Arrival of the Son of Man

24:29 “Immediately ³⁹  after the suffering ⁴⁰  of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. ⁴¹ 

Matthew 27:45

Jesus’ Death

27:45 Now from noon until three, ⁴²  darkness came over all the land. ⁴³ 

Matthew 27:1

Jesus Brought Before Pilate

27:1 When ⁴⁴  it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, ⁴⁵  an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Revelation 16:8-9

16:8 Then ⁴⁶  the fourth angel ⁴⁷  poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people ⁴⁸  with fire. 16:9 Thus ⁴⁹  people ⁵⁰  were scorched by the terrible heat, ⁵¹  yet ⁵²  they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority ⁵³  over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.

Revelation 21:23

21:23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.

[4:19]  ¹ tn Heb “lest you lift up your eyes.” In the Hebrew text vv. 16-19 are subordinated to “Be careful” in v. 15, but this makes for an unduly long sentence in English.

[4:19]  ² tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[4:19]  ³ tn Heb “all the host of heaven.”

[4:19]  ⁴ tn In the Hebrew text the verbal sequence in v. 19 is “lest you look up…and see…and be seduced…and worship them…and serve them.” However, the first two actions are not prohibited in and of themselves. The prohibition pertains to the final three actions. The first two verbs describe actions that are logically subordinate to the following actions and can be treated as temporal or circumstantial: “lest, looking up…and seeing…, you are seduced.” See Joüon 2:635 §168.h.

[4:19]  ⁵ tn Or “allotted.”

[4:19]  ⁶ tn Or “nations.”

[4:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “under all the heaven.”

[10:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day the Lord placed the Amorites before the sons of Israel and he said in the eyes of Israel.” It is uncertain whether the phrase “before the sons of Israel” modifies the verb “placed” (as in the present translation, “delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites”) or the verb “spoke” (“Joshua spoke to the Lord before the sons of Israel in the day the Lord delivered over the Amorites”).

[10:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “Is it not written down in the Scroll of the Upright One.” Many modern translations render, “the Scroll [or Book] of Jashar,” leaving the Hebrew name “Jashar” (which means “Upright One”) untranslated.

[10:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and did not hurry to set [for] about a full day.”

[10:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “listened to the voice of.”

[31:26]  ¹² tn Heb “light”; but parallel to the moon it is the sun. This section speaks of false worship of the sun and the moon.

[38:7]  ¹³ sn The expression “morning stars” (Heb “stars of the morning”) is here placed in parallelism to the angels, “the sons of God.” It may refer to the angels under the imagery of the stars, or, as some prefer, it may poetically include all creation. There is a parallel also with the foundation of the temple which was accompanied by song (see Ezra 3:10,11). But then the account of the building of the original tabernacle was designed to mirror creation (see M. Fishbane, Biblical Text and Texture).

[38:7]  ¹⁴ tn The construction, an adverbial clause of time, uses רָנָן (ranan), which is often a ringing cry, an exultation. The parallelism with “shout for joy” shows this to be enthusiastic acclamation. The infinitive is then continued in the next colon with the vav (ו) consecutive preterite.

[38:7]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “together.” This is Dhorme’s suggestion for expressing how they sang together.

[38:7]  ¹⁶ tn See Job 1:6.

[8:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “when I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and stars which you established.” The verb “[and] see” is understood by ellipsis in the second half of the verse.

[19:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “from the end of the heavens [is] its going forth.”

[19:6]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and its circuit [is] to their ends.”

[19:6]  ²⁰ tn Heb “is hidden from.”

[74:16]  ²¹ tn Heb “To you [is] day, also to you [is] night.”

[74:16]  ²² tn Heb “[the] light.” Following the reference to “day and night” and in combination with “sun,” it is likely that the Hebrew term מָאוֹר (ma’or, “light”) refers here to the moon.

[74:16]  ²³ tn Heb “you established [the] light and [the] sun.”

[148:3]  ²⁴ tn Heb “stars of light.”

[13:10]  ²⁵ tn Heb “do not flash forth their light.”

[13:10]  ²⁶ tn Heb “does not shed forth its light.”

[24:23]  ²⁷ tn Heb “will be ashamed.”

[24:23]  ²⁸ tn Or “glow of the sun.”

[24:23]  ²⁹ tn Heb “will be ashamed” (so NCV).

[24:23]  ³⁰ tn Or “take his throne,” “become king.”

[24:23]  ³¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:23]  ³² tn Heb “and before his elders [in] splendor.”

[45:7]  ³³ tn The words “I am” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text the participle at the beginning of v. 7 stands in apposition to “the Lord” in v. 6.

[45:7]  ³⁴ tn On the surface v. 7a appears to describe God’s sovereign control over the cycle of day and night, but the following statement suggests that “light” and “darkness” symbolize “deliverance” and “judgment.”

[45:7]  ³⁵ sn This verses affirms that God is ultimately sovereign over his world, including mankind and nations. In accordance with his sovereign will, he can cause wars to cease and peace to predominate (as he was about to do for his exiled people through Cyrus), or he can bring disaster and judgment on nations (as he was about to do to Babylon through Cyrus).

[3:11]  ³⁶ tn Heb “in their lofty dwelling places.”

[3:11]  ³⁷ tn Or “at the light of your arrows they vanish.”

[3:11]  ³⁸ tn Heb “at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.”

[24:29]  ³⁹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[24:29]  ⁴⁰ tn Traditionally, “tribulation.”

[24:29]  ⁴¹ sn An allusion to Isa 13:10, 34:4 (LXX); Joel 2:10. The heavens were seen as the abode of heavenly forces, so their shaking indicates distress in the spiritual realm. Although some take the powers as a reference to bodies in the heavens (like stars and planets, “the heavenly bodies,” NIV) this is not as likely.

[27:45]  ⁴² tn Grk “from the sixth hour to the ninth hour.”

[27:45]  ⁴³ sn This imagery has parallels to the Day of the Lord: Joel 2:10; Amos 8:9; Zeph 1:15.

[27:1]  ⁴⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[1:1]  ⁴⁵ tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

[16:8]  ⁴⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[16:8]  ⁴⁷ tn Grk “the fourth”; the referent (the fourth angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:8]  ⁴⁸ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") and refers to both men and women.

[16:9]  ⁴⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “thus” to indicate the implied result of the bowl poured on the sun.

[16:9]  ⁵⁰ tn Grk “men,” but this is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") and refers to both men and women.

[16:9]  ⁵¹ tn On this phrase BDAG 536 s.v. καῦμα states, “burning, heat Rv 7:16…καυματίζεσθαι κ. μέγα be burned with a scorching heat 16:9.”

[16:9]  ⁵² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[16:9]  ⁵³ tn For the translation “ruling authority” for ἐξουσία (exousia) see L&N 37.35.