Luke 21:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”
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“Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“men fainting at heart from fear, and expectation of the things coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 21:26 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
- Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Mark 13:25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Hebrews 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- 2 Peter 3:10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
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