Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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

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Morish

Context Readings

A Call To Lamentation

14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the earth into the house of the LORD your God and cry unto the LORD. 15 Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, the joy and the gladness from the house of our God?



Cross References

Jeremiah 30:7

Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

Ezekiel 7:2-12

and thou son of man, thus hath the Lord GOD said unto the land of Israel: The end, the end comes upon the four corners of the land.

Joel 2:11

and the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for many are his camps and strong, that execute his word; for the day of the LORD is great, and very terrible; and who can abide it?

Joel 2:31

The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and the terrible day of the LORD comes.

Psalm 37:13

The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.

Isaiah 13:6-9

Howl; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

Ezekiel 12:22-28

Son of man, what is that saying that ye have in the land of Israel that saith, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision shall fail?

Joel 2:1-2

Blow the shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand;

Amos 5:16-18

Therefore the LORD, the God of the hosts, the Lord, said this: Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Zephaniah 1:14-18

The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, the bitter voice of the day of the LORD; the mighty man shall cry there.

Luke 19:41-44

And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it,

James 5:9

Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye not be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

Revelation 6:17

for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand before him?

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