Luke 21:35
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
- KJV
- For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
- WEB
- For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
- ASV
- for [so] shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
- DARBY
- for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.
- BLB
- For it will come upon all those sitting upon the face of all the earth.
- ÅB
- for den skal komme over alle dem som bor over den hele jord.
- OTB
- For den skal komme over alle som bor over hele jordens overflate.
- B1930
- for den skal komme over alle dem som bor over den hele jord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Read in contextIsaiah 24:17–18
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:43–44
Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD.
Read in contextLuke 17:37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Read in contextPsalms 11:6
Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:12
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Read in contextActs 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Read in contextGenesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
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