Amos 8 · Verse 9

Amos 8:9

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Amos 8:9, King James Version

Amos 8:9 in other translations

BSBAnd in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
WEBIt will happen in that day,” says the Lord GOD, “that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
ASVAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
YLTAnd it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,
DARBYAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the land in the clear day.
BBEAnd it will come about in that day, says the Lord God, that I will make the sun go down in the middle of the day, and I will make the earth dark in daylight:
WebsterAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

What does Amos 8:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. "Darkness" made to rise "at noon" is the emblem of great calamities (Jr 15:9; Eze 32:7-10).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 I will cause the sun to go down at noon - This may either refer to that darkness which often precedes and accompanies earthquakes, or to an eclipse. Abp. Usher has shown that about eleven years after Amos prophesied there were two great eclipses of the sun; one at the feast of tabernacles, and the other some time before the passover. The prophet may refer to the darkness occasioned by those eclipses; yet I rather think the whole may refer to the earthquake.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 8:4-10

The rich and powerful of the land were the most guilty of oppression, as well as the foremost in idolatry. They were weary of the restraints of the sabbaths and the new moons, and wished them over, because no common work might be done therein. This is the character of many who are called Christians. The sabbath day and sabbath work are a burden to carnal hearts. It will either be profaned or be accounted a dull day…

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Amos 8:9 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָיָ֣ה\׀ve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֗וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3069
וְהֵבֵאתִ֥יve.he.ve.Tiand I will cause to goH935
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sunH8121
בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimat <the> noon<s>H6672
וְהַחֲשַׁכְתִּ֥יve.ha.cha.shakh.Tiand I will make darkH2821
לָאָ֖רֶץla.'A.retz<to> the earthH776
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomin a day ofH3117
אֽוֹר\׃'orlightH216

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Cross references for Amos 8:9

  • Mark 15:33

    And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

  • Matthew 27:45

    Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.

  • Jeremiah 15:9

    She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.

  • Luke 23:44

    And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

  • Micah 3:6

    Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

  • Amos 5:8

    Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

  • Isaiah 59:9-10

    Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

  • Job 5:14

    They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

  • Isaiah 13:10

    For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

  • Revelation 6:12

    And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

  • Amos 4:13

    For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The Lord, The God of hosts, is his name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that I.This is supposed to refer to an eclipse; and Abp. Usher has shown that about eleven years after Amos prophesied there were two great eclipses of the sun, one at the feast of tabernacles, and the other some time before the passover.
4:13; 5:8; Job 5:14; Isa 13:10; 29:9,10; 59:9,10; Jer 15:9; Mic 3:6
Mt 24:29; Re 6:12; 8:12
and I.
Ex 10:21-23; Mt 27:45; Mr 15:33; Lu 23:44

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Context

  • Amos 8:8

    Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

  • Amos 8:9

    And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

  • Amos 8:10

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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Amos 8:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y acaecerá en aquel día, dice el Señor Jehová, que haré se ponga el sol al mediodía, y la tierra cubriré de tinieblas en el día claro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur, l’ Éternel, que je ferai coucher le soleil en plein midi, et que j’amènerai les ténèbres sur la terre en plein jour.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, spricht der Herr, Jehova, da werde ich die Sonne untergehen lassen am Mittag und Finsternis über die Erde bringen am lichten Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erit in die illa, dicit Dominus Deus: occidet sol in meridie, et tenebrescere faciam terram in die luminis: