Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

King James Version

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Holman Bible

For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!

International Standard Version

because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.

A Conservative Version

for then there will be great tribulation, such as not has happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor, no, it will not happen.

American Standard Version

for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

Amplified

For at that time there will be a great tribulation (pressure, distress, oppression), such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will [again].

An Understandable Version

There will be great trouble [during these times], such as had never been from the beginning of time up to the present, or ever will be [in the days to come].

Anderson New Testament

for then shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor shall ever be.

Bible in Basic English

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

Common New Testament

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.

Daniel Mace New Testament

for the desolation will be so dreadful, the like was never seen since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be again.

Darby Translation

for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be;

Godbey New Testament

For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world even until now nor ever may be.

Goodspeed New Testament

for there will be greater misery then than there has ever been from the beginning of creation until now, or ever will be again.

John Wesley New Testament

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor ever shall be.

Julia Smith Translation

For then shall be great pressure, such as has not been from the beginning of the world till now, nor should be.

King James 2000

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.

Modern King James verseion

for then shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor ever shall be.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shall be.

Moffatt New Testament

for there will be sore misery then, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now ??no and never shall be.

Montgomery New Testament

for then shall be a time of great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never shall be again.

NET Bible

For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.

New Heart English Bible

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Noyes New Testament

For there will then be great distress, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world to this time; no, nor shall ever be.

Sawyer New Testament

for at that time there shall be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world even till now, nor ever shall be.

The Emphasized Bible

For there will be then, Great tribulation, such as hath not happened, from the beginning of the world, until the present time, neither in any wise shall happen.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

For then the tribulation will be great, such as never was from the beginning of the world, and never more shall be.

Twentieth Century New Testament

for that will be 'a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time'--no, nor ever will again.

Webster

For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Weymouth New Testament

for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.

Williams New Testament

for there will be greater misery at that time than ever has been since the world began, or ever will be again.

World English Bible

for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.

Worrell New Testament

for then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now; no, nor ever shall be.

Worsley New Testament

for there shall be then great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world unto this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Youngs Literal Translation

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

τότε 
Tote 
then, that time, when, not tr
Usage: 105

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

μέγας 
megas 
Usage: 167

θλίψις 
Thlipsis 
Usage: 33

such as
οἷος 
Hoios 
such as, as, which, what manner, so as, what manner of man, what
Usage: 11

was
γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

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

ἀπό 
Apo 
from, of, out of, for, off, by, at, in, since 9, on, not tr., .
Usage: 490

the beginning
ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

of the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109

to
ἕως 
heos 
till, unto, until, to, till 9,
Usage: 74

νῦν 
Nun 
Usage: 102

no
οὐδέ 
Oude 
neither, nor, not, no not, not so much as, then not, not tr,
Usage: 83

nor
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

Context Readings

The Abomination Of Desolation

20 But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 21 For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. 22 Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.


Cross References

Daniel 12:1

“Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued.

Joel 2:2

A day of darkness and gloom,
A day of clouds and thick darkness.
As the dawn is spread over the mountains,
So there is a great and mighty people;
There has never been anything like it,
Nor will there be again after it
To the years of many generations.

Psalm 69:22-28

May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

Isaiah 65:12-16

I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer;
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Isaiah 66:15-16

For behold, the Lord will come in fire
And His chariots like the whirlwind,
To render His anger with fury,
And His rebuke with flames of fire.

Daniel 9:26

Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.

Joel 1:2

Hear this, O elders,
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this happened in your days
Or in your fathers’ days?

Zechariah 11:8-9

Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me.

Zechariah 14:2-3

For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city.

Malachi 4:1

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

Matthew 24:29

“But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Mark 13:9

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

Luke 19:43-44

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side,

Luke 21:24

and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

1 Thessalonians 2:16

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost.

Hebrews 10:26-29

For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

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