Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

'Look, you scoffers, and be astonished and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you would never believe [even] if someone were to tell [it] to you.'"

New American Standard Bible

Behold, you scoffers, and marvel, and perish;
For I am accomplishing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’”

King James Version

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Holman Bible

Look, you scoffers,
marvel and vanish away,
because I am doing a work in your days,
a work that you will never believe,
even if someone were to explain it to you.

International Standard Version

"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"

A Conservative Version

Behold, ye scoffers, and wonder, and perish, because I work a work in your days, which ye would, no, not believe, if some man should fully narrate it to you.

American Standard Version

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; For I work a work in your days, A work which ye shall in no wise believe, if one declare it unto you.

Amplified


Look, you mockers, and marvel, and perish and vanish away;
For I am doing a work in your days,
A work which you will never believe, even if someone describes it to you [telling you about it in detail].’”

An Understandable Version

[Hab. 1:5 says], "Look, you people who despise [God], and be amazed [at what He can do] and be destroyed [for rejecting Him]; for I [i.e., God] will accomplish such a work during your days that you will not believe [it could happen, even] if someone told you about it."

Anderson New Testament

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though one fully declare it to you.

Bible in Basic English

See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.

Common New Testament

'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I am going to do a deed in your days, a deed you will never believe, if someone declares it to you.'"

Daniel Mace New Testament

"consider you despisers, be surpriz'd and turn pale, for I shall perform a work in your days, which you will not believe, whoever shall declare it unto you."

Darby Translation

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.

Godbey New Testament

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish away: because I work a work in your days, a work which you may not believe, though one may proclaim it to you.

Goodspeed New Testament

" 'Look, you scoffers! Then wonder and begone! For I am doing something in your times Which you will never believe even when it is related to you!' "

John Wesley New Testament

Behold ye despisers, and wonder and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Julia Smith Translation

See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, which ye would not believe if any recount to you.

King James 2000

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no way believe, though a man declare it unto you.

Modern King James verseion

"Behold, you despisers, and marvel, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no way believe, though a man declare it to you."

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

'Behold ye despisers, and wonder, and perish ye: for I do a work in your days, which ye shall not believe, if a man would declare it you.'"

Moffatt New Testament

Look, you disdainful folk, wonder at this and perish for in your days I do a deed, a deed you will never believe, not though one were to explain it to you."

Montgomery New Testament

"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, For in your days I will do a deed, A deed which you will never believe, Though one should declare it unto you."

NET Bible

Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.'"

New Heart English Bible

'Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"

Noyes New Testament

"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish! for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will not believe, though one should plainly declare it to you."

Sawyer New Testament

Behold, despisers, and wonder and perish, for I perform a work in your days, a work which you shall by no means believe even if one declares it to you.

The Emphasized Bible

See, ye despisers, and marvel, and disappear: in that, a work, am, I, working in your days, - a work, which in nowise will ye believe, though one relate it in full unto you.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I do a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though one declare it unto you."

Twentieth Century New Testament

'Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days--a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe'."

Webster

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you.

Weymouth New Testament

Behold, you despisers, be astonished and perish, because I am carrying on a work in your time--a work which you will utterly refuse to believe, though it be fully declared to you.'"

Williams New Testament

'Look, you scoffers! Then wonder and vanish away, for I am doing a work in your times which you will not at all believe though one may tell you in detail.'"

World English Bible

Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.'"

Worrell New Testament

'Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; because I do a work in your days?? work which ye will by no means believe, though one should fully declare it to you.'

Worsley New Testament

"Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and vanish; for I do a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though any one should declare it unto you."

Youngs Literal Translation

See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I -- I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare it to you.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

καταφροντής 
Kataphrontes 
Usage: 1

and



and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0
Usage: 0

θαυμάζω 
Thaumazo 
Usage: 42

ἀφανίζω 
Aphanizo 
Usage: 2

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

I
ἐγώ 
Ego 
I, my, me, not tr
Usage: 174

ἐργάζομαι 
Ergazomai 
Usage: 28

a work
ἔργον 
Ergon 
ἔργον 
Ergon 
Usage: 130
Usage: 130

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

ἡμέρα 
hemera 
day, daily 9, time, not tr,
Usage: 287

ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

ye shall
πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163

in no wise
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

πιστεύω 
Pisteuo 
Usage: 163

ἐάν 
Ean 
Usage: 155

a man
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

declare it
ἐκδιηγέομαι 
Ekdiegeomai 
Usage: 2

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Preaching In The Synagogue At Pisidian Antioch

40 Watch out, therefore, lest what is stated by the prophets come upon [you]: 41 'Look, you scoffers, and be astonished and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you would never believe [even] if someone were to tell [it] to you.'" 42 And [as] they were going out, they began urging [that] these things be spoken about to them on the next Sabbath.


Cross References

Habakkuk 1:5

"Look among the nations and see; be astonished and astounded. For a work [is about to] be done in your days that you will not believe if it is told.

Proverbs 1:24-32

Because I called out and you refused me, I stretched out my hand, yet there is none who heeds.

Proverbs 5:12

and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!"

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and dry grass sinks down [in the] flame, so their root will become like [the] stench, and their blossom will go up like [the] dust. For they have rejected the instruction of Yahweh of hosts, and they have treated the word of the holy one of Israel with contempt.

Isaiah 28:14-22

Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, men of mockery, rulers of these people in Jerusalem:

Isaiah 65:15

And you shall leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse, and the Lord Yahweh will kill you, and he will {give} his servants another name.

Daniel 9:26-27

"And after the sixty and two weeks an anointed one shall be cut off, and {he shall have nothing}, and [the] people of the coming leader will destroy the city and the sanctuary, and its end [will be] with the flood and [on] to [the] end [there shall be] war; [these] desolations are determined.

Matthew 8:10-11

Now [when] Jesus heard [this], he was astonished, and said to those who were following [him], "Truly I say to you, I have found such great faith with no one in Israel.

Matthew 21:41-44

They said to him, "He will destroy those evil [men] completely and lease the vineyard to other tenant farmers who will give him the fruits in their season."

Matthew 22:7-10

And the king was angry and sent his troops [and] destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

Matthew 23:34-38

For this [reason], behold, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes. [Some] of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and will pursue from town to town,

Luke 16:14

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these [things], and they ridiculed him.

Luke 19:42-44

saying, "If you had known on this day--even you--the things [that make] for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

Luke 21:20-26

"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

Luke 23:35

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

Acts 3:23

And it will be [that] every soul who does not listen to that prophet will be destroyed utterly from the people.'

Acts 6:14

For we have heard him saying that this Nazarene Jesus will destroy this place and will change the customs that Moses handed down to us."

Acts 13:47

For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you {to be} a light for the Gentiles, {that you would bring} salvation to the end of the earth.'

Acts 22:21

And he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles!'"

Romans 11:7-14

What then? What Israel was searching for, this it did not obtain. But the elect obtained [it], and the rest were hardened,

Ephesians 3:3-8

According to revelation the mystery was made known to me, just as I wrote beforehand in brief,

Colossians 1:26-27

the mystery [which] has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles in order that they may be saved, so that [they] always fill up their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the end.

Hebrews 10:28-30

Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on [the testimony of] two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 4:17

For [it is] the time for the judgment to begin out from the household of God. But if [it begins] out from us first, what will be the outcome for those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

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