Luke 23:30
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
KJV
τότε ἄρξονται λέγειν τοῖς ὄρεσιν· πέσατε ἐφ’ ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς· καλύψατε ἡμᾶς·
Greek NT
Tunc incipient dicere montibus : Cadite super nos ; et collibus : Operite nos.
Vulgate
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
ASV
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βουνός
bounos
noun · 2×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλύπτω
kalupto
verb · 8×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
πίπτω
pipto
verb · 89×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
ἄρχομαι
archomai
verb · 85×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄρος
oros
noun · 64×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
The Jewish War · 2 passages
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The climactic book: the burning of the Second Temple on the 9th/10th of Ab, AD 70 — the same date (according to tradition) as the destruction of Solomon's Temple in 586 BC. Josephus describes portents and signs that preceded the destruction: a star resembling a sword stood over the city, a light shone around the altar, the eastern gate of the Temple opened of its own accord, ch…
Cross-references
- Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u
- Hos 10:8 — The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on u
- Isa 2:10 — Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
- Isa 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
- Isa 2:19 — And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
- Isa 22:5 — For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
- Nah 3:11 — Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy.
- Rev 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
- Rev 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
- Rev 9:6 — And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
- Rev 9:6 — And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.