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Selected Verse: Mark 13:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mr 13:8 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] nation [1484] shall rise [1453] against [1909] nation [1484], and [2532] kingdom [932] against [1909] kingdom [932]: and [2532] there shall be [2071] earthquakes [4578] in divers [2596] places [5117], and [2532] there shall be [2071] famines [3042] and [2532] troubles [5016]: these [5023] are the beginnings [746] of sorrows [5604]. |
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King James |
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. |
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] |
| These are the beginnings of sorrows--"of travail-pangs," to which heavy calamities are compared. (See Jer 4:31, &c.). The annals of TACITUS tell us how the Roman world was convulsed, before the destruction of Jerusalem, by rival claimants of the imperial purple. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
sorrows
birthpangs. Answering to the "seals." (Revelation 6) (Rev 6:1-17).
The death-agony of this age is the birth-agony of the next. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The beginnings - For αρχαι, many MSS. and versions have αρχη, the beginning, singular. |
31 For I have heard [08085] a voice [06963] as of a woman in travail [02470], and the anguish [06869] as of her that bringeth forth her first child [01069], the voice [06963] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726], that bewaileth [03306] herself, that spreadeth [06566] her hands [03709], saying, Woe [0188] is me now! for my soul [05315] is wearied [05888] because of murderers [02026].
1 And [2532] I saw [1492] when [3753] the Lamb [721] opened [455] one [3391] of [1537] the seals [4973], and [2532] I heard [191], as it were [5613] the noise [5456] of thunder [1027], one [1520] of [1537] the four [5064] beasts [2226] saying [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991].
2 And [2532] I saw [1492], and [2532] behold [2400] a white [3022] horse [2462]: and [2532] he that sat [2521] on [1909] him [846] had [2192] a bow [5115]; and [2532] a crown [4735] was given [1325] unto him [846]: and [2532] he went forth [1831] conquering [3528], and [2532] to [2443] conquer [3528].
3 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the second [1208] seal [4973], I heard [191] the second [1208] beast [2226] say [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991].
4 And [2532] there went out [1831] another [243] horse [2462] that was red [4450]: and [2532] power was given [1325] to him [846] that sat [2521] thereon [1909] [846] to take [2983] peace [1515] from [575] the earth [1093], and [2532] that [2443] they should kill [4969] one another [240]: and [2532] there was given [1325] unto him [846] a great [3173] sword [3162].
5 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the third [5154] seal [4973], I heard [191] the third [5154] beast [2226] say [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991]. And [2532] I beheld [1492], and [2532] lo [2400] a black [3189] horse [2462]; and [2532] he that sat [2521] on [1909] him [846] had [2192] a pair of balances [2218] in [1722] his [846] hand [5495].
6 And [2532] I heard [191] a voice [5456] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the four [5064] beasts [2226] say [3004], A measure [5518] of wheat [4621] for a penny [1220], and [2532] three [5140] measures [5518] of barley [2915] for a penny [1220]; and [2532] see thou hurt [91] not [3361] the oil [1637] and [2532] the wine [3631].
7 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the fourth [5067] seal [4973], I heard [191] the voice [5456] of the fourth [5067] beast [2226] say [3004], Come [2064] and [2532] see [991].
8 And [2532] I looked [1492], and [2532] behold [2400] a pale [5515] horse [2462]: and [2532] his [846] name [3686] that sat [2521] on [1883] him [846] was Death [2288], and [2532] Hell [86] followed [190] with [3326] him [846]. And [2532] power [1849] was given [1325] unto them [846] over [1909] the fourth part [5067] of the earth [1093], to kill [615] with [1722] sword [4501], and [2532] with [1722] hunger [3042], and [2532] with [1722] death [2288], and [2532] with [5259] the beasts [2342] of the earth [1093].
9 And [2532] when [3753] he had opened [455] the fifth [3991] seal [4973], I saw [1492] under [5270] the altar [2379] the souls [5590] of them that were slain [4969] for [1223] the word [3056] of God [2316], and [2532] for [1223] the testimony [3141] which [3739] they held [2192]:
10 And [2532] they cried [2896] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], saying [3004], How [2193] long [4219], O Lord [1203], holy [40] and [2532] true [228], dost thou [2919] not [3756] judge [2919] and [2532] avenge [1556] our [2257] blood [129] on [575] them that dwell [2730] on [1909] the earth [1093]?
11 And [2532] white [3022] robes [4749] were given [1325] unto every one of them [1538]; and [2532] it was said [4483] unto them [846], that [2443] they should rest [373] yet [2089] for a little [3398] season [5550], until [2193] their [846] fellowservants [4889] also [2532] and [2532] their [846] brethren [80], that should [3195] be killed [615] as [5613] [2532] they [846] were, should [3739] be fulfilled [4137].
12 And [2532] I beheld [1492] when [3753] he had opened [455] the sixth [1623] seal [4973], and [2532], lo [2400], there was [1096] a great [3173] earthquake [4578]; and [2532] the sun [2246] became [1096] black [3189] as [5613] sackcloth [4526] of hair [5155], and [2532] the moon [4582] became [1096] as [5613] blood [129];
13 And [2532] the stars [792] of heaven [3772] fell [4098] unto [1519] the earth [1093], even as [5613] a fig tree [4808] casteth [906] her [846] untimely figs [3653], when she is shaken [4579] of [5259] a mighty [3173] wind [417].
14 And [2532] the heaven [3772] departed [673] as [5613] a scroll [975] when it is rolled together [1507]; and [2532] every [3956] mountain [3735] and [2532] island [3520] were moved [2795] out of [1537] their [846] places [5117].
15 And [2532] the kings [935] of the earth [1093], and [2532] the great men [3175], and [2532] the rich men [4145], and [2532] the chief captains [5506], and [2532] the mighty men [1415], and [2532] every [3956] bondman [1401], and [2532] every [3956] free man [1658], hid [2928] themselves [1438] in [1519] the dens [4693] and [2532] in [1519] the rocks [4073] of the mountains [3735];
16 And [2532] said [3004] to the mountains [3735] and [2532] rocks [4073], Fall [4098] on [1909] us [2248], and [2532] hide [2928] us [2248] from [575] the face [4383] of him that sitteth [2521] on [1909] the throne [2362], and [2532] from [575] the wrath [3709] of the Lamb [721]:
17 For [3754] the great [3173] day [2250] of his [846] wrath [3709] is come [2064]; and [2532] who [5101] shall be able [1410] to stand [2476]?