Isaiah 13 · Verse 10

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.
Isaiah 13:10, King James Version

Isaiah 13:10 in other translations

BSBFor the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
WEBFor the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
ASVFor the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light; the sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
YLTFor the stars of the heavens, and their constellations, Cause not their light to shine, Darkened hath been the sun in its going out, And the moon causeth not its light to come forth.
DARBYFor the stars of the heavens 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.
BBEFor the stars of heaven and its bright armies will not give their light: the sun will be made dark in his journey through the heaven, and the moon will keep back her light.
WebsterFor the stars of heaven and its constellations shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

What does Isaiah 13:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. stars, &c.--figuratively for anarchy, distress, and revolutions of kingdoms (Is 34:4; Joe 2:10; Eze 32:7, 8; Am 8:9; Re 6:12-14). There may be a literal fulfilment finally, shadowed forth under this imagery (Re 21:1). constellations--Hebrew, "a fool," or "impious one"; applied to the constellation Orion, which was represented as an impious giant (Nimrod deified, the founder of Babylon) chained to the sky. See on Job 38:31.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 For the stars of heaven "Yea, the stars of heaven" - The Hebrew poets, to express happiness, prosperity, the instauration and advancement of states, kingdoms, and potentates, make use of images taken from the most striking parts of nature, from the heavenly bodies, from the sun, moon, and stars: which they describe as shining with increased splendor, and never setting. The moon becomes like the meridian sun, and the sun's light is augmented sevenfold; (see Isa 30:26); new heavens and a new earth are created, and a brighter age commences. On the contrary, the overflow and destruction of kingdoms is represented by opposite images. The stars are obscured, the moon withdraws her light, and the sun shines no more! The earth quakes, and the heavens tremble; and all things seem tending to their original chaos, See Joe 2:10; Joe 3:15, Joe 3:16; Amo 8:9; Mat 24:29; and De S. Poes. Herb. Prael. 6 et IX. And the moon shall not cause her light to shine - This in its farther reference may belong to the Jewish polity, both in Church and state, which should be totally eclipsed, and perhaps shine no more in its distinct state for ever.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 13:6-18

We have here the terrible desolation of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. Those who in the day of their peace were proud, and haughty, and terrible, are quite dispirited when trouble comes. Their faces shall be scorched with the flame. All comfort and hope shall fail. The stars of heaven shall not give their light, the sun shall be darkened. Such expressions are often employed by the prophets, to describe the…

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Isaiah 13:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
כוֹכְבֵ֤יkhokh.Vei[the] stars ofH3556
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
וּכְסִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔םu.khe.Si.lei.Hemand constellations theirH3685
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
יָהֵ֖לּוּya.He.luthey will flash forthH1984
אוֹרָ֑ם'o.Ramlight theirH216
חָשַׁ֤ךְcha.Shakhit will be darkH2821
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ha.She.meshthe sunH8121
בְּצֵאת֔וֹbe.tze.Towhen goes forth itH3318
וְיָרֵ֖חַve.ya.Re.achand [the] moonH3394
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יַגִּ֥יהַya.Gi.hait will make shineH5050
אוֹרֽוֹ\׃'o.Rolight itsH216

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Cross references for Isaiah 13:10

  • Joel 2:31

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

  • 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:

  • Mark 13:24

    But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

  • Ezekiel 32:7-8

    And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord God.

  • Joel 3:15

    The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

  • Isaiah 24:23

    Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

  • Luke 21:25

    And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

  • Joel 2:10

    The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:

  • Revelation 6:12-14

    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; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

  • Isaiah 5:30

    And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

  • Revelation 8:12

    And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

  • Zephaniah 1:15-16

    That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:30; 24:21,23; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:10,31; 3:15; Am 8:9,10
Zep 1:15,16; Mt 24:29; Mr 13:24; Lu 21:25; Re 6:12-14; 8:12

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Context

  • Isaiah 13:9

    Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 13:11

    And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

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Isaiah 13:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por lo cual las estrellas de los cielos y sus luceros no derramarán su lumbre; y el sol se oscurecerá en naciendo, y la luna no echará su resplandor.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car les étoiles des cieux et leurs constellations ne feront pas briller leur lumière; le soleil sera obscur à son lever, et la lune ne fera pas luire sa clarté;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn die Sterne des Himmels und seine Gestirne werden ihr Licht nicht leuchten lassen; die Sonne wird finster sein bei ihrem Aufgang, und der Mond wird sein Licht nicht scheinen lassen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam stellæ cæli, et splendor earum, non expandent lumen suum; obtenebratus est sol in ortu suo, et luna non splendebit in lumine suo.