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Matthew 24:7–8

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7“For anation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be bfamines and earthquakes.

8“aBut all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.

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Cross references

  1. a2 Chr 15:6; Is 19:2; Rev 6:8, 12
  2. bActs 11:28; Rev 6:5, 6
  3. aMatt 24:8–20: Luke 21:12–24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these events are the beginning of labor pains.

NLTNew Living Translation

Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world. But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For nation will rise up against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.

KJV 1900King James Version

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