KJV 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.
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Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
WEB 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.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe [it] not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
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ἔσταιG1510 · eimito beγὰρG1063 · garforτότεG5119 · totethenθλῖψιςG2347 · thlipsispressureμεγάληG3173 · megasgreatοἵαG3634 · ohiossuch asοὐG3756 · ounoγέγονενG1096 · ginomaito beἀπ᾽G575 · apoaway fromἀρχῆςG746 · archēbeginningκόσμουG2889 · kosmosworldἕωςG2193 · heōsuntilτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoνῦνG3568 · nunnowοὐδ᾽G3761 · oudenorοὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotγένηται.G1096 · ginomaito be
Cross-references
Daniel 12:1And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation [even] to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.Joel 2:2A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, [even] to the years of many generations.Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.Zechariah 14:2-3For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.Isaiah 66:15-16For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.Luke 19:43-44For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,Hebrews 10:26-29For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,1 Thessalonians 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.Isaiah 65:12-16Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose [that] wherein I delighted not.Daniel 9:26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.Joel 1:2Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?Psalm 69:22-28Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.Zechariah 11:8-9Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.Mark 13:9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
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