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Luke 21:11

And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

KJV

σεισμοί τε μεγάλοι καὶ κατὰ τόπους λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ ἔσονται, φόβητρά τε καὶ σημεῖα ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ μεγάλα ἔσται.

Greek NT

Et terræmotus magni erunt per loca, et pestilentiæ, et fames, terroresque de cælo, et signa magna erunt.

Vulgate

and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.

ASV

And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be great signs.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
λιμός
limos
noun · 12×
λοιμός
loimos
noun · 2×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
σεισμός
seismos
noun · 14×
σημεῖον
semeion
noun · 77×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τόπος
topos
noun · 95×
φόβητρον
phobetron
noun · 1×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καὶ κατὰ τόπους | WH/Treg/NIV: καὶ κατὰ τόπους | RP: κατὰ τόπους καὶ
  • καὶ κατὰ τόπουςSBLGNT
  • καὶ κατὰ τόπουςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • κατὰ τόπους καὶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ | NIV/RP: λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶ | WH/Treg: λοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοὶ
  • λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶSBLGNT
  • λιμοὶ καὶ λοιμοὶReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
  • λοιμοὶ καὶ λιμοὶWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: σημεῖα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ μεγάλα | Treg/RP: σημεῖα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ μεγάλα | WH/NIV: ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ σημεῖα μεγάλα | WHmarg: σημεῖα μεγάλα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ
  • σημεῖα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ μεγάλαSBLGNT
  • σημεῖα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ μεγάλαTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
  • ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ σημεῖα μεγάλαWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σημεῖα μεγάλα ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦWestcott-Hort (margin)
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Heb 10:31 — It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
  • Isa 29:6 — Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
  • Job 9:5 — Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
  • Joel 2:30 — And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
  • Luke 21:25 — 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;
  • Matt 24:7 — For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
  • Matt 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:
  • Rev 12:1 — And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: