Matthew 24:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But all these things are the beginning of travail.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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.
1 Pet 4:17-18 : 17 For the time [is come] for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if [it begin] first at us, what [shall be] the end of them that obey not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
Lev 26:18-29 : 18 And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; 20 and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate. 23 And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Deut 28:59 : 59 then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Isa 9:12 : 12 the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 9:17 : 17 Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for every one is profane and an evil-doer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 9:21 : 21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh; and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isa 10:4 : 4 They shall only bow down under the prisoners, and shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Mark 13:7-9
3 verses
87%
7And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled: [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
8For 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.
9But take ye heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in synagogues shall ye be beaten; and {G2476} before governors and kings shall ye stand for my sake, for a testimony unto them.
Matt 24:6-7
2 verses
83%
6And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet.
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
Matt 24:9-16
8 verses
75%
9Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
10And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
11And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.
12And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
13But he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
16then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
Luke 21:9-12
4 verses
75%
9And when ye shall hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these things must needs come to pass first; but the end is not immediately.
10Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
11and there shall be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there shall be terrors and great signs from heaven.
12But before all these things, they shall lay their hands on you, and shall persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.
Matt 24:19-21
3 verses
75%
19But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
20And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath:
21for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Mark 13:19
72%
19For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.
Luke 21:22-26
5 verses
72%
22For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
23{G1161} Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
25And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;
26men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
Matt 24:33-34
2 verses
71%
33even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.
34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.
Isa 13:8
71%
8and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold [of them]; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces [shall be] faces of flame.
Mark 13:23-24
2 verses
68%
23But take ye heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Matt 24:29-30
2 verses
68%
29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Rom 8:22
67%
22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Mark 13:17
67%
17But woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days!
Mark 13:29-30
2 verses
67%
29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.
30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall {G3756} not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.
Jer 6:24
67%
24We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, [and] pangs as of a woman in travail.
1 Thess 5:3
67%
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 8:22
67%
22and they shall look unto the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and into thick darkness [they shall be] driven away.
Luke 21:35
66%
35for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
Luke 21:28
66%
28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
Matt 10:21
66%
21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Mark 13:12-13
2 verses
66%
12And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
13And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.
Rev 12:2
66%
2and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
Isa 24:19
66%
19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
Isa 24:7
66%
7The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Matt 24:2
65%
2But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.