For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
Parallel translations
- KJV For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
- BSB For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.
- NKJV For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
- NASB for it will come upon all those who live on the face of all the earth.
- NLT like a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth.
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Quick answer
That day will spring suddenly like a snare upon all the earth's inhabitants.
Overview
Christ's return will come unexpectedly and inescapably upon a world absorbed in its own affairs. The image of a snare conveys both surprise and judgment for the unready. This universal reach underscores the need for everyone to be prepared.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Rev 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
- Isa 24:17–18Fear, the pit, and the snare, are on you who inhabitant the earth.
- Eccl 9:12For man also doesn’t know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
- Luke 17:37They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”
- Jer 48:43–44Terror, the pit, and the snare are on you, inhabitant of Moab,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Acts 17:26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Gen 7:4In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
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