Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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.
- NKJV men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- NASB people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
- NLT People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
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People will faint with fear as the powers of the heavens are shaken.
Overview
The dread that grips humanity reflects the magnitude of the coming upheaval. The shaking of the heavenly powers signals that the present order is being unmade. For the unprepared this is terror, but for believers it heralds redemption drawing near.
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Cross-references · 7
- Deut 28:65–67Among 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.
- Matt 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.’
- 2 Pet 3:10–12But 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.
- Lev 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.
- Mark 13:25the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Deut 28:32–34Your 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.
- Heb 10:26–27If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
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