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Luke 21:26

Fear

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

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BSB
Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
KJV
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
WEB
men fainting for fear and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
ASV
men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
DARBY
men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
BLB
men fainting from fear and expectation of the [things] coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
ÅB
mens mennesker faller i avmakt av redsel og gru for det som kommer over jorderike; for himmelens krefter skal rokkes.
OTB
Folk skal besvime av frykt, engstelige for hva som kommer over verden, for himmelens krefter skal rokkes.
B1930
mens mennesker faller i avmakt av redsel og gru for det som kommer over jorderike; for himmelens krefter skal rokkes.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:65–67

    And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

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  • Matthew 24:29

    Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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  • 2 Peter 3:10–12

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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  • Mark 13:25

    And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:32–34

    Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

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  • Hebrews 10:26–27

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

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