Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

King James Version

All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Holman Bible

All these events are the beginning of birth pains.

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

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish and the time of unprecedented trouble].

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.

Goodspeed New Testament

All this is only the beginning of the sufferings.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
All
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

ταῦτα 
Tauta 
Usage: 188

ἀρχή 
Arche 
Usage: 42

Context Readings

Signs Of The End Of The Age

7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many places. 8 But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. 9 People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:18-29

If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

Deuteronomy 28:59

If so, Jehovah will strike you and your descendants with unimaginable plagues. They will be terrible continuing plagues. They will be severe and lingering diseases.

Isaiah 9:12

The Arameans from the east and the Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away. His hand (power) is still stretched out (extended).

Isaiah 9:17

That is why Jehovah did not rejoice in their young people, nor show compassion to their orphans and widows. Everyone was godless and an evildoer, and every mouth spoke wickedness (foolishness) (vileness). In all this his anger has not turned away. His hand is stretched out still (ready to apply his power).

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, Ephraim will feed on Manasseh, and both will devour Judah. But even then Jehovah's anger will not be satisfied. His hand is still poised to unleash his power.

Isaiah 10:4

There is nothing left but to crouch among prisoners and to fall with those who are killed. Even after all this, his anger will not disappear. His hand is stretched out (he is still ready to use his power).

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.

1 Peter 4:17-18

For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?

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