1 Thessalonians 5:3
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5:3Now when5 they are saying, “There is peace and security,”6 then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains7 on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
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- 5 δέ (de, “now”) is found in א2 B D 0226 6 1505 1739 1881 , but lacking in א* A F G 33 it. γάρ (gar, “for”) is the reading of the Byzantine text and a few other witnesses (Ψ 0278 𝔐). Although normally the shorter reading is to be preferred, the external evidence is superior for δέ (being found in the somewhat better Alexandrian and Western witnesses). What, then, is to explain the γάρ? Scribes were prone to replace δέ with γάρ, especially in sentences suggesting a causal or explanatory idea, thus making the point more explicit. Internally, the omission of δέ looks unintentional, a case of homoioarcton (ΟΤΑΝΔΕΛΕΓΩΣΙΝ). Although a decision is difficult, in this instance δέ has the best credentials for authenticity.
- 6 Grk “peace and security,” with “there is” understood in the Greek construction.
- 7 Grk a singular “birth pain.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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NLTNew Living Translation
When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Whenever they say “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of a pregnant woman, and they will not possibly escape.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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