Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
All this is only the beginning of the sufferings.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But all these things are only the beginning of the birth pains."
A Conservative Version
But all these things are the beginning of travail.
American Standard Version
But all these things are the beginning of travail.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
But all these things are [only] the beginning of terrible times.
Anderson New Testament
But all these are the beginning of sorrows.
Bible in Basic English
But all these things are the first of the troubles.
Common New Testament
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
Daniel Mace New Testament
yet all this is but the beginning of sorrow.
Darby Translation
But all these are the beginning of throes.
Godbey New Testament
And all these things are the beginning of travails.
John Wesley New Testament
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Julia Smith Translation
And all these the beginning of anguish.
King James 2000
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But all these [things] [are] the beginning of birth pains.
Modern King James verseion
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moffatt New Testament
All that is but the beginning of the trouble.
Montgomery New Testament
All these things are the beginning of birth-pangs.
NET Bible
All these things are the beginning of birth pains.
New Heart English Bible
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
Noyes New Testament
But all these things are the beginning of travailpains.
Sawyer New Testament
but all these things are the beginning of sorrows.
The Emphasized Bible
But, all these things, are a beginning of birth-pangs.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now all these things are the beginning of the travailing pangs.
Twentieth Century New Testament
All this, however, will be but the beginning of the birth pangs!
Webster
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Weymouth New Testament
but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
Williams New Testament
But all this is but the beginning of the agonies.
World English Bible
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
Worrell New Testament
But all these are a beginning of travail.
Worsley New Testament
all which are but the beginning of sorrows.
Youngs Literal Translation
and all these are the beginning of sorrows;
Themes
Afflictions » Christians being afflicted
Jesus The Prophet » Foretold things to come
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
End of the world » When the end of the world will come
End of the world » What events signal the end of the world
Evangelism » What shall be preached to all nations
Jerusalem » Prophecies respecting » Signs preceding its destruction
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Foretold things to come
Persecution » Who shall face persecution
Redemption » When redemption will be near
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Signs Of The End Of The Age
7 For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there. 8 All this is only the beginning of the sufferings. 9 Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.
1 Peter 4:17-18
For the time has come for the judgment to begin with the household of God, and if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who refuse God's good news?