Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come.

New American Standard Bible

Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

King James Version

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Holman Bible

Woe because of that day!
For the Day of the Lord is near
and will come as devastation from the Almighty.

International Standard Version

Oh, no! For the Day of the LORD approaches, and like destruction from the Almighty, it will come!

A Conservative Version

Alas for the day! For the day of LORD is at hand, and it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

American Standard Version

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Amplified


Alas for the day!
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is at hand,
And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the Almighty.

Bible in Basic English

Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.

Darby Translation

Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Julia Smith Translation

Alas! for the day: for the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

King James 2000

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Ah! For the day! For the day of Yahweh is near. It will come like destruction from Shaddai.

Modern King James verseion

Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is at hand, and it shall come as a ruin from the Almighty.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Alas, alas for this day. And why? the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.

NET Bible

How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer.

New Heart English Bible

Alas for the day. For the day of the LORD is at hand, and it will come as destruction from Shaddai.

Webster

Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

World English Bible

Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Youngs Literal Translation

And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near is a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the mighty it cometh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אההּ 
'ahahh 
Ah, Alas, O
Usage: 15

for the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

for the day
יום 
Yowm 
Usage: 2293

of the Lord

Usage: 0

is at hand
קרב קרוב 
Qarowb 
Usage: 77

and as a destruction
שׁוד שׁד 
Shod 
Usage: 25

שׁדּי 
Shadday 
Usage: 48

References

American

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

A Call To Lamentation

14 Hallow ye a fast, Call a solemn assembly, Gather, O elders, all the inhabitants of the land, unto the house of Yahweh your God, - and make ye outcry unto Yahweh. 15 Alas for the day! For near is the day of Yahweh, and, as a veritable Destruction from the Destroyer, shall it come. 16 Is it not, before our eyes, that, food, hath been cut off? From the house of our God, rejoicing and exultation.

Cross References

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! for, great, is that day, so that none is like it, - Yea, a time of anguish it is for Jacob, But out of it, shall he be saved.

Ezekiel 7:2-12

Thou therefore O son of man. Thus saith My Lord Yahweh, To the so of Israel, there is an end,- The end hath come upon the four skirts of the land.

Joel 2:11

And, Yahweh, hath uttered his voice, before his host, for great indeed is his camp, for bold is he who executeth his word, - for great is the day of Yahweh, and awful exceedingly, Who then shall endure it?

Joel 2:31

The sun, shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, - before the coming of the great and awful day of Yahweh.

Psalm 37:13

My Lord, shall laugh at him, for he seeth, that his day, will come.

Isaiah 13:6-9

Howl ye! for at hand is the day of Yahweh, - As a veritable destruction from the Almighty, shall it come.

Ezekiel 12:22-28

Son of man What is this proverb ye have, concerning the so of Israel, saying, - The days, are prolonged, Therefore shall every vision come to nought?

Joel 2:1-2

Blow ye a horn in Zion, sound an alarm in my holy mountain, let all the inhabitants of the land, tremble, - for coming is the day of Yahweh, for it is near! -

Amos 5:16-18

Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh, God of hosts, My Lord, In all broadways, shall be lamentation, and, in all streets, shall they say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the husbandman unto the mourning, and, unto the lamentation, them who know a wailing song;

Zephaniah 1:14-18

Near is the great day of Yahweh, near, and very speedy, - The noise of the day of Yahweh, a strong man - there! - bitterly crying out!

Luke 19:41-44

And, when he drew near, beholding the city, he wept over it, saying -

James 5:9

Be not sighing, brethren, one against another, lest ye be judged, - Lo! the Judge, before the doors, is standing.

Revelation 6:17

Because the great day of their anger is come, and who is able to stand?

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