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Selected Verse: Mark 13:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 13:25 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] the stars [792] of heaven [3772] shall [2071] fall [1601], and [2532] the powers [1411] that are in [1722] heaven [3772] shall be shaken [4531]. |
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King James |
And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And the stars of heaven shall fall--"and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth" (Luk 21:25-26).
and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken--Though the grandeur of this language carries the mind over the head of all periods but that of Christ's Second Coming, nearly every expression will be found used of the Lord's coming in terrible national judgments: as of Babylon (Isa 13:9-13); of Idumea (Isa 34:1-2, Isa 34:4, Isa 34:8-10); of Egypt (Eze 32:7-8); compare also Psa 18:7-15; Isa 24:1, Isa 24:17-19; Joe 2:10-11, &c. We cannot therefore consider the mere strength of this language a proof that it refers exclusively or primarily to the precursors of the final day, though of course in "that day" it will have its most awful fulfilment. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The stars of heaven shall fall
A rendering which falls very far short of the graphic original: οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες: the stars shall be falling from heaven. So Rev., thus giving the sense of continuousness, as of a shower of falling stars. |
10 The earth [0776] shall quake [07264] before [06440] them; the heavens [08064] shall tremble [07493]: the sun [08121] and the moon [03394] shall be dark [06937], and the stars [03556] shall withdraw [0622] their shining [05051]:
11 And the LORD [03068] shall utter [05414] his voice [06963] before [06440] his army [02428]: for his camp [04264] is very [03966] great [07227]: for he is strong [06099] that executeth [06213] his word [01697]: for the day [03117] of the LORD [03068] is great [01419] and very [03966] terrible [03372]; and who can abide [03557] it?
17 Fear [06343], and the pit [06354], and the snare [06341], are upon thee, O inhabitant [03427] of the earth [0776].
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth [05127] from the noise [06963] of the fear [06343] shall fall [05307] into the pit [06354]; and he that cometh up [05927] out of the midst [08432] of the pit [06354] shall be taken [03920] in the snare [06341]: for the windows [0699] from on high [04791] are open [06605], and the foundations [04146] of the earth [0776] do shake [07493].
19 The earth [0776] is utterly [07489] broken down [07489], the earth [0776] is clean [06565] dissolved [06565], the earth [0776] is moved [04131] exceedingly [04131].
1 Behold, the LORD [03068] maketh the earth [0776] empty [01238], and maketh it waste [01110], and turneth [05753] it upside down [06440], and scattereth abroad [06327] the inhabitants [03427] thereof.
7 Then the earth [0776] shook [01607] and trembled [07493]; the foundations [04146] also of the hills [02022] moved [07264] and were shaken [01607], because he was wroth [02734].
8 There went up [05927] a smoke [06227] out of his nostrils [0639], and fire [0784] out of his mouth [06310] devoured [0398]: coals [01513] were kindled [01197] by it.
9 He bowed [05186] the heavens [08064] also, and came down [03381]: and darkness [06205] was under his feet [07272].
10 And he rode [07392] upon a cherub [03742], and did fly [05774]: yea, he did fly [01675] upon the wings [03671] of the wind [07307].
11 He made [07896] darkness [02822] his secret place [05643]; his pavilion [05521] round about [05439] him were dark [02824] waters [04325] and thick clouds [05645] of the skies [07834].
12 At the brightness [05051] that was before him his thick clouds [05645] passed [05674], hail [01259] stones and coals [01513] of fire [0784].
13 The LORD [03068] also thundered [07481] in the heavens [08064], and the Highest [05945] gave [05414] his voice [06963]; hail [01259] stones and coals [01513] of fire [0784].
14 Yea, he sent out [07971] his arrows [02671], and scattered [06327] them; and he shot out [07232] lightnings [01300], and discomfited [02000] them.
15 Then the channels [0650] of waters [04325] were seen [07200], and the foundations [04146] of the world [08398] were discovered [01540] at thy rebuke [01606], O LORD [03068], at the blast [05397] of the breath [07307] of thy nostrils [0639].
7 And when I shall put thee out [03518], I will cover [03680] the heaven [08064], and make [06937] the stars [03556] thereof dark [06937]; I will cover [03680] the sun [08121] with a cloud [06051], and the moon [03394] shall not give [0215] her light [0216].
8 All the bright [03974] lights [0216] of heaven [08064] will I make dark [06937] over thee, and set [05414] darkness [02822] upon thy land [0776], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
8 For it is the day [03117] of the LORD'S [03068] vengeance [05359], and the year [08141] of recompences [07966] for the controversy [07379] of Zion [06726].
9 And the streams [05158] thereof shall be turned [02015] into pitch [02203], and the dust [06083] thereof into brimstone [01614], and the land [0776] thereof shall become burning [01197] pitch [02203].
10 It shall not be quenched [03518] night [03915] nor day [03119]; the smoke [06227] thereof shall go up [05927] for ever [05769]: from generation [01755] to generation [01755] it shall lie waste [02717]; none shall pass through [05674] it for ever [05331] and ever [05331].
4 And all the host [06635] of heaven [08064] shall be dissolved [04743], and the heavens [08064] shall be rolled together [01556] as a scroll [05612]: and all their host [06635] shall fall down [05034], as the leaf [05929] falleth off [05034] from the vine [01612], and as a falling [05034] fig from the fig tree [08384].
1 Come near [07126], ye nations [01471], to hear [08085]; and hearken [07181], ye people [03816]: let the earth [0776] hear [08085], and all that is therein [04393]; the world [08398], and all things that come forth [06631] of it.
2 For the indignation [07110] of the LORD [03068] is upon all nations [01471], and his fury [02534] upon all their armies [06635]: he hath utterly destroyed [02763] them, he hath delivered [05414] them to the slaughter [02874].
9 Behold, the day [03117] of the LORD [03068] cometh [0935], cruel [0394] both with wrath [05678] and fierce [02740] anger [0639], to lay [07760] the land [0776] desolate [08047]: and he shall destroy [08045] the sinners [02400] thereof out of it.
10 For the stars [03556] of heaven [08064] and the constellations [03685] thereof shall not give [01984] their light [0216]: the sun [08121] shall be darkened [02821] in his going forth [03318], and the moon [03394] shall not cause her light [0216] to shine [05050].
11 And I will punish [06485] the world [08398] for their evil [07451], and the wicked [07563] for their iniquity [05771]; and I will cause the arrogancy [01347] of the proud [02086] to cease [07673], and will lay low [08213] the haughtiness [01346] of the terrible [06184].
12 I will make a man [0582] more precious [03365] than fine gold [06337]; even a man [0120] than the golden wedge [03800] of Ophir [0211].
13 Therefore I will shake [07264] the heavens [08064], and the earth [0776] shall remove [07493] out of her place [04725], in the wrath [05678] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and in the day [03117] of his fierce [02740] anger [0639].
25 And [2532] there shall be [2071] signs [4592] in [1722] the sun [2246], and [2532] in the moon [4582], and [2532] in the stars [798]; and [2532] upon [1909] the earth [1093] distress [4928] of nations [1484], with [1722] perplexity [640]; the sea [2281] and [2532] the waves [4535] roaring [2278];
26 Men's [444] hearts failing them [674] for [575] fear [5401], and [2532] for looking after [4329] those things which are coming on [1904] the earth [3625]: for [1063] the powers [1411] of heaven [3772] shall be shaken [4531].