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Mark 13:8

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

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ASV

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

KJV

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐγερθήσεταιegerthēsetaiWill rise upG1453 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἔθνοςethnosnationG1484 →
ἐπ᾽ep᾽againstG1909 →
ἔθνοςethnosnationG1484 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
βασιλείαbasileiakingdomG932 →
ἐπὶepiagainstG1909 →
βασιλείαν·basileiankingdom;G932 →
ἔσονταιesontaiThere will beG1510 →
σεισμοὶseismoiearthquakesG4578 →
κατὰkatathroughoutG2596 →
τόπους·topousplaces;G5117 →
ἔσονταιesontaithere will beG1510 →
λιμοίlimoifaminesG3042 →
ἀρχὴarchē[The] beginningG746 →
ὠδίνωνōdinōnof birth pains [are]G5604 →
ταῦτα.¶tautathese.G3778 →

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Isaiah 29:6you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.Luke 21:10Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.Matthew 24:8All these are the beginning of birth pains.Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.Isaiah 37:3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.Haggai 2:22I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)Jeremiah 6:24We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.Jeremiah 25:32This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.”Micah 4:9–10Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?Isaiah 19:2“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.Jeremiah 50:43The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.Jeremiah 13:21What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?Jeremiah 22:23O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”Jeremiah 49:24Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.Zechariah 14:13On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.Revelation 6:4Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

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