Mark 13:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there shall be earthquakes in divers places; there shall be famines: these things are the beginning of travail.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος, καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν: καὶ ἔσονται σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ ταραχαί: ἀρχαὶ ὠδίνων ταῦτα.

Transliteration

Egerthēsetai gar ethnos against ethnos, and basileia against basileian: and esontai seismoi according-to topous, and esontai limoi and tarachai: archai ōdinōn these.

Grammar Details

• *Egerthēsetai*: future, indicative, passive, 3rd singular - will rise/be raised
• *gar*: conjunction, explanatory - for/because
• *ethnos*: nominative, neuter, singular - nation/people
• *basileia*: nominative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *basileian*: accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom
• *esontai*: future, indicative, middle, 3rd plural - will be
• *seismoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - earthquakes
• *topous*: accusative, masculine, plural - places/regions
• *limoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - famines
• *tarachai*: nominative, feminine, plural - disturbances/troubles
• *archai*: nominative, feminine, plural - beginnings
• *ōdinōn*: genitive, feminine, plural - birth pangs/labor pains

Word Meanings

• *Egerthēsetai*: will rise/be raised up/stand up
• *ethnos*: nation/people/ethnic group
• *basileia*: kingdom/reign/rule
• *seismoi*: earthquakes/shakings
• *limoi*: famines/periods of hunger
• *tarachai*: disturbances/troubles/commotions
• *archai*: beginnings/origins/first things
• *ōdinōn*: birth pangs/labor pains/travail

Referenced Verses

• Jer 6:24 : 24 We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
• 2 Chr 15:6 : 6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.
• Isa 19:2 : 2 And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom.
• Acts 11:28 : 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great famine over all the world: which came to pass in the days of {G2541} Claudius.
• Rev 6:4 : 4 And another [horse] came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 {G1063} When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• Isa 37:3 : 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
• Jer 4:31 : 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that gaspeth for breath, that spreadeth her hands, [saying], Woe is me now! for my soul fainteth before the murderers.
• Ps 48:6 : 6 Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
• Jer 13:21 : 21 What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
• Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
• Jer 25:32 : 32 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth.
• Jer 49:24 : 24 Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
• Jer 50:43 : 43 The king of Babylon hath heard the tidings of them, and his hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
• Mic 4:9-9 : 9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail? 10 Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
• Hag 2:22 : 22 and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
• Zech 14:13 : 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from Jehovah shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
• Matt 24:8 : 8 But all these things are the beginning of travail.