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The Destruction of Jerusalem

Luke 21:22

In 9 translations

BSB
For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
KJV
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
WEB
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
ASV
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
LSV
because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all things that have been written.
YLT
because these are days of vengeance, to fulfil all things that have been written.
DBY
for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.
DRC
For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be fulfilled, that are written.
GNV
For these be the dayes of vengeance, to fulfill all things that are written.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read πλησθῆναι (“to fill”); Textus Receptus read πληρωθῆναι (“to fulfill”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅτι ἡμέραι ἐκδικήσεως αὗταί εἰσιν τοῦ πλησθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα.
RP2018
Ὅτι ἡμέραι ἐκδικήσεως αὗταί εἰσιν, τοῦ πλησθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα.
TR-Boyd
Ὅτι ἡμέραι ἐκδικήσεως αὗταί εἰσι, τοῦ πληρωθῆναι πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα.
SCR1894
οτι ημεραι εκδικησεως αυται εισιν του πληρωθηναι παντα τα γεγραμμενα

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 9:7The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
  • Isaiah 65:12–16I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not…
  • Isaiah 63:4For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption had come.
  • Isaiah 34:8For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
  • Jeremiah 51:6Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
  • 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
  • 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  • Mark 13:19–20For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again. If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the…
  • Daniel 9:24–27Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and…
  • Zechariah 11:1–3Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars! Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down! Listen to the…
  • Deuteronomy 32:43Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate…
  • Psalms 149:7–9to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron, to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints.…
  • Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  • Matthew 1:22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
  • Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be…
  • Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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