The Return of the Son of Man
Mark 13:25
In 9 translations
- BSB
- the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’Or and the celestial bodies will be shaken; see Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 34:4, and Joel 2:10.
- KJV
- And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
- WEB
- the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
- ASV
- and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
- LSV
- and the stars of the sky will be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
- YLT
- and the stars of the heaven shall be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
- DBY
- and the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers which are in the heavens shall be shaken;
- DRC
- And the stars of heaven shall be falling down, and the powers that are in heaven, shall be moved.
- GNV
- And the starres of heauen shall fall: and the powers which are in heauen, shall shake.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πίπτοντες (“falling”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκπίπτοντες (“falling out”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἔσονται elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place ἐκ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες; Robinson–Pierpont read τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ἐκπίπτοντες.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες ἔσονται ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
- RP2018
- καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ἐκπίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔσονται ἐκπίπτοντες, καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις αἱ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς σαλευθήσονται.
- SCR1894
- και οι αστερες του ουρανου εσονται εκπιπτοντες και αι δυναμεις αι εν τοις ουρανοις σαλευθησονται
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 34:4All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
- Revelation 6:13and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.
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