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What Does the Bible Say About The Moon?

Here are 10 Bible verses about the moon, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1Psalms 8:3

    When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

    BSBWhen I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

  2. #2Psalms 89:37

    It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.

    BSBlike the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

  3. #3Revelation 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;

    BSBAnd when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

  4. #4Genesis 1:14

    And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

    BSBAnd God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

  5. #5Psalms 104:19

    He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.

    BSBHe made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

  6. #6Acts 2:20

    The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

    BSBThe sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

  7. #7Joel 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.

    BSBThe sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  8. #8Genesis 37:9

    And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

    BSBThen Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

  9. #9Genesis 1:16

    And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

    BSBGod made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

  10. #10Deuteronomy 4:19

    And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

    BSBWhen you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).

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