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Temple Destruction and Other Signs

Mark 13:7

In 9 translations

BSB
When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come.
KJV
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
WEB
“When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be troubled. For those must happen, but the end is not yet.
ASV
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
LSV
and when you may hear of wars and reports of wars, do not be troubled, for these ought to be, but the end [is] not yet;
YLT
and when ye may hear of wars and reports of wars, be not troubled, for these behove to be, but the end [is] not yet;
DBY
But when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be not disturbed, for [this] must happen, but the end is not yet.
DRC
And when you shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, fear ye not. For such things must needs be, but the end is not yet.
GNV
Furthermore when ye shall heare, of warres, and rumours of warres, be ye not troubled: for such things must needes be: but the end shall not be yet.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀκούσητε (“you may hear of”); Tregelles read ἀκούετε (“you do hear of”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include γὰρ (“for”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἀκούσητε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀκούσητε; Tregelles read ἀκούετε.
  • SBLGNT: δεῖ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δεῖ; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add γὰρ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γενέσθαι, ἀλλʼ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
RP2018
Ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ’ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
TR-Boyd
Ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσητε πολέμους καὶ ἀκοὰς πολέμων, μὴ θροεῖσθε· δεῖ γὰρ γενέσθαι, ἀλλ᾿ οὔπω τὸ τέλος.
SCR1894
οταν δε ακουσητε πολεμους και ακοας πολεμων μη θροεισθε δει γαρ γενεσθαι αλλ ουπω το τελος

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 21:9–11When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.” Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be…
  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  • Matthew 24:6–7You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be…
  • Psalms 112:7He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.
  • Psalms 27:3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
  • Acts 17:3explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.
  • Matthew 18:7Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
  • Proverbs 3:25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
  • Jeremiah 51:46Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year— and then another the next year— of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.
  • John 14:1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
  • Jeremiah 4:19–21My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle. Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for…
  • Psalms 46:1–3God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas, though their waters roar…
  • 2 Samuel 14:14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
  • Isaiah 8:12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

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