Bible Verses about Eclipse

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Compiled by The BibleStudyTools Staff on 08/12/2026

What does the Bible say about Eclipse? Scripture includes several passages about the sun being darkened, the moon changing, and signs appearing in the heavens. Verses such as Joel 2:31, Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:20, and Revelation 6:12 use this imagery in passages about prophecy, judgment, and the Day of the Lord.

Below, discover Bible verses related to eclipses and other celestial signs in both the Old and New Testaments. To understand the full meaning of each verse, click “Chapter” to read the surrounding passage and its biblical context.

Matthew 24:29

29 “Immediately after the distress of those days “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
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Luke 2:7

7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
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Joel 2:10

10 Before them the earth shakes, the heavens tremble, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
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Joel 2:31

31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
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Mark 13:24

24 “But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
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Acts 2:20

20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
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Revelation 6:12

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
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Joel 3:15

15 The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine.
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Amos 8:9

9 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
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Micah 3:6

6 Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination. The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them.
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Matthew 27:45

45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.
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Luke 2:1-3

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.)
3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
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Luke 2:39

39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth.
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Matthew 4:8

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
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Isaiah 13:10

10 The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.
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Revelation 8:12

12 The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.
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Psalm 19:1

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
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Ezekiel 32:7-8

7 When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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Revelation 6:12-13

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,
13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.
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Zechariah 14:6

6 On that day there will be neither sunlight nor cold, frosty darkness.
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Job 9:7

7 He speaks to the sun and it does not shine; he seals off the light of the stars.
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Mark 15:32-33

32 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.
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Luke 22:11

11 and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
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Luke 2:8

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.
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Genesis 1:14

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,
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Job 37:18

18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
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Isaiah 60:19

19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
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Exodus 10:21-23

21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.”
22 So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.
23 No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived.
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Micah 5:2

God always keeps the promises He makes! - Micah 5:2
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
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Acts 20:7

7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight.
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Luke 2:21

21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
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Luke 2:1

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.
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Mark 14:14

14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’
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1 Kings 8:12

12 Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
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Revelation 20:7-8

7 When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore.
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Genesis 1:8

8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
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Genesis 1:17

17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,
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Job 3:8

8 May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
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Isaiah 27:1

1 In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
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2 Kings 20:10

10 “It is a simple matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”
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