Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

New American Standard Bible

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;

King James Version

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

International Standard Version

"How terrible it will be for those women who are pregnant or who are nursing babies in those days! because there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

A Conservative Version

But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.

American Standard Version

Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.

Amplified

Woe to those women who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For great trouble and anguish will be on the land, and wrath and retribution on this people [Israel].

An Understandable Version

It will be too bad for pregnant women and those who are nursing [babies] in those days! For there will be great distress in this land [i.e., Judea, and especially Jerusalem], and raging anger [will be shown] against these people [i.e., by the Roman armies].

Anderson New Testament

But alas for them that are with child, and for them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath upon this people.

Bible in Basic English

It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

Common New Testament

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

Daniel Mace New Testament

wo to them that are with child, or to them that give suck in those days: for this will be a region of great distress, and wrath will pour down upon this people.

Darby Translation

But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

Godbey New Testament

But alas to those in gestation and nursing in those days! For there shall be great distress upon the earth, and wrath to this people.

Goodspeed New Testament

But alas for women who are with child at that time, or who have babies, for there will be great misery in the land and anger at this people.

John Wesley New Testament

But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath on this people.

Julia Smith Translation

And woe to them having in the womb, and to them giving suck, in those days! for there shall be great necessity upon the land, and anger upon this people.

King James 2000

But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that nurse children, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Woe to those {who are pregnant} and to those who are nursing [their babies] in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people,

Modern King James verseion

But woe to those who are with child, and to those suckling in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath on this people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But woe be to them that be with child, and to them that give suck in those days, for there shall be great trouble in the land: and wrath over all this people.

Moffatt New Testament

Woe to women with child and to women who give suck in those days, for sore anguish will come upon the land and Wrath on this people;

Montgomery New Testament

"Woe to women with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For sore anguish will come upon the land, and wrath upon all his people.

NET Bible

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

New Heart English Bible

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days. For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

Noyes New Testament

But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people;

Sawyer New Testament

But woe to those with child, and having children at the breast in those days; for there shall be great distress on the earth, and wrath against this people.

The Emphasized Bible

Alas! for the women with child, and for them who are giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and anger against this people.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But wo to those who are big with child, and have infants at their breasts, in those days! for there shall be great distress on the earth, and wrath upon this people.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Alas for the women that are with child, and for those that are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great suffering in the land, and anger against this people.

Webster

But woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Weymouth New Testament

"Alas for the women who at that time are with child or who have infants; for there will be great distress in the land, and anger towards this People.

Williams New Testament

Alas for the women who are pregnant and those who have nursing babies in those days! For there will be great misery in the land and wrath on this people.

World English Bible

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

Worrell New Testament

Woe to the women with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath to this people.

Worsley New Testament

But wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people,

Youngs Literal Translation

'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

woe
οὐαί 
Ouai 
Usage: 14


which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

ἔχω 
Echo 
have, be, need , , vr have
Usage: 479

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

γαστήρ 
Gaster 
be with child 9, with child 9, womb, belly
Usage: 6

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

to them that

which, who, the things, the son,
Usage: 0

θηλάζω 
thelazo 
Usage: 1

in
ἐν 
En 
ἐπί 
Epi 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 644

ἐκεῖνος 
Ekeinos 
that, those, he, the same, they,
Usage: 148

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

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ἔσομαι 
Esomai 
shall be, will be, be, shall have, shall come to pass, shall, not tr,
Usage: 83

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

ἀναγκή 
Anagke 
Usage: 15

the land
γῆ 
Ge 
Usage: 186

ὀργή 
Orge 
Usage: 35

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

τούτῳ 
Touto 
Usage: 68

References

Context Readings

The Desolation Of Jerusalem

22 because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written. 23 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for there will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.


Cross References

Luke 23:29

Look, the days are coming when they will say, ‘The women without children, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed, are fortunate!’

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. As a result, they are always completing the number of their sins, and wrath has overtaken them at last.

Deuteronomy 28:56-57

The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter,

Lamentations 4:10

י YodThe hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.

Matthew 21:41

“He will completely destroy those terrible men,” they told Him, “and lease his vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at the harvest.”

Matthew 21:44

[Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]”

Matthew 24:19

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

Mark 13:17

Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days!

Luke 19:27

But bring here these enemies of mine, who did not want me to rule over them, and slaughter them in my presence.’”

Luke 19:43

For the days will come on you when your enemies will build an embankment against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

Hebrews 9:12-17

He entered the most holy place once for all, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.

Hebrews 10:26-31

For if we deliberately sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

Hebrews 13:16

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

James 5:1

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin with God’s household, and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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