Overview
The Bible addresses day across 8 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Daniel and Zephaniah. Closely related themes include Atonement, Atonement, the, Prophecies Respecting Christ and Weeks.
Key Bible verses about day
Old Testament
Daniel
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. finish: or, restrain make an: or, seal up prophecy: Heb. prophet
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. be built: Heb. return and be built wall: or, breach, or, ditch troublous: Heb. strait of
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. but: or, and shall have nothing desolations: or, it shall be cut off by desolations
And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. the covenant: or, a covenant for the: or, with the abominable armies the desolate: or, the desolator
And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. the abomination: Heb. to set up the abomination maketh: or, astonisheth
Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
Zephaniah
Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying day for yourself
- Begin with Daniel 9:24, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how Daniel and Zephaniah each treat the theme.
- Widen the study to related themes: Atonement, Atonement, the, Prophecies Respecting Christ and Weeks.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about day?
The Bible addresses day across 8 verses, drawn from the Old Testament. These passages cluster most in Daniel and Zephaniah. Closely related themes include Atonement, Atonement, the, Prophecies Respecting Christ and Weeks.
How many Bible verses are about day?
The Bible references day in 8 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention day?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is Daniel 9:24: “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. finish: or, restrain make an: or, seal up prophecy: Heb. prophet”
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