The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 8:22

1830 Edition

and there was not any light seen, neither fire, nor glimmer, neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, for so great were the mists of darkness which were upon the face of the land.

Changes

aAnd there was not any light seen, neither fire, nor glimmer, neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars, for so great were the mists of darkness which were upon the face of the land.

Simple English

No one could see any light. They couldn’t see fire. They couldn’t see the sun, the moon, or the stars. The darkness was like a thick fog over the land.

Paraphrase

Nothing could be seen—no fire, no glimmer, no sun, no moon, no stars. The mists of darkness covered the land completely.