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1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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ASV

When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

KJV

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτανhotanwhenG3752 →
λέγωσιν·legōsinthey may say;G3004 →
εἰρήνηeirēnēPeaceG1515 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀσφάλεια,asphaleiasecurity,G803 →
τότεtotethenG5119 →
αἰφνίδιοςaiphnidiossuddenlyG160 →
αὐτοῖςautoisupon themG846 →
ἐφίσταταιephistataicomesG2186 →
ὄλεθροςolethrosdestructionG3639 →
ὥσπερhōsperasG5618 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ὠδὶνōdinlabor painsG5604 →
τῇtēato herG3588 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
γαστρὶgastriwomb [pregnancy]G1064 →
ἐχούσῃ,echousēhaving,G2192 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὐoucertainlyG3756 →
μὴmēnotG3361 →
ἐκφύγωσιν.¶ekphugōsinshall they escape.G1628 →

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Luke 21:34–35But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.Matthew 24:37–39As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.Luke 17:26–30Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:Matthew 24:8All these are the beginning of birth pains.Revelation 18:7–8As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’Proverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.Ecclesiastes 9:12For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.Psalms 69:22May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,Psalms 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.Daniel 5:3–6Thus they brought in the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king drank from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.2 Peter 2:4For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;Jeremiah 4:31For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”Psalms 10:11–13He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.Isaiah 43:6–9I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

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