Luke 21:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Men's strength will go from them in fear and in waiting for the things which are coming on the earth; for the powers of the heavens will be moved.

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  • Deut 28:65-67 : 65 And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul: 66 Your very life will be hanging in doubt before you, and day and night will be dark with fears, and nothing in life will be certain: 67 In the morning you will say, If only it was evening! And at evening you will say, If only morning would come! Because of the fear in your hearts and the things which your eyes will see.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
  • Mark 13:25 : 25 And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.
  • Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins, 27 But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.
  • 2 Pet 3:10-12 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness, 12 Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?
  • Lev 26:36 : 36 And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;
  • Deut 28:32-34 : 32 Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything. 33 The fruit of your land and all the work of your hands will be food for a nation which is strange to you and to your fathers; you will only be crushed down and kept under for ever: 34 So that the things which your eyes have to see will send you out of your minds.

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    25And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;

  • Mark 13:24-26
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    24But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,

    25And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

    26And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

  • Luke 21:27-28
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    27And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory.

    28But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

  • Luke 21:9-12
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    9And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

    10Then he said to them, Nation will be moved against nation and kingdom against kingdom:

    11There will be great earth-shocks and outbursts of disease in a number of places, and men will be without food; and there will be wonders and great signs from heaven.

    12But before all this, they will take you and be very cruel to you, giving you up to the Synagogues and to prisons, taking you before kings and rulers, because of my name.

  • Matt 24:29-30
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    29But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:

    30And then the sign of the Son of man will be seen in heaven: and then all the nations of the earth will have sorrow, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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    10The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

  • Isa 13:7-8
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    7For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;

    8Their hearts will be full of fear; pains and sorrows will overcome them; they will be in pain like a woman in childbirth; they will be shocked at one another; their faces will be like flames.

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    35For so it will come on all those who are living on the face of all the earth.

    36But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.

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    12And I saw when the sixth stamp was undone, and there was a great earth-shock; and the sun became black as haircloth, and all the moon became as blood;

    13And the stars of heaven were falling to the earth, like green fruit from a tree before the force of a great wind.

    14And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

    15And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;

  • Heb 12:26-27
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    26Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

    27And the words, Still one more, make it clear that there will be a taking away of those things which are shaking, as of things which are made, so that there may be only those things of which no shaking is possible.

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    8Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

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    17Fear, and death, and the net, are come on you, O people of the earth.

    18And it will be that he who goes in flight from the sound of fear will be overtaken by death; and he who gets free from death will be taken in the net: for the windows on high are open, and the bases of the earth are shaking.

    19The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

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    4And for fear of him the watchmen were shaking, and became as dead men.

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    15Get your plough-blades hammered into swords, and your vine-knives into spears: let the feeble say, I am strong.

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    7For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

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    7And they said to him, Master, when will these things be? and what sign will there be when these events are to take place?

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    21To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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    19And wonders will be seen in heaven, and signs on the earth, blood and fire and smoke:

    20The sun will become dark and the moon will be turned to blood, before that great day of the Lord comes in glory:

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    19And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

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    31In the same way, when you see these things taking place you may be certain that the kingdom of God is near.

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    18And there were flames and voices and thunders; and there was a great earth-shock so that never, from the time when men were on the earth, had there been so great an earth-shock, so full of power.

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    30Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

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    33Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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    3In the day when the keepers of the house are shaking for fear, and the strong men are bent down, and the women who were crushing the grain are at rest because their number is small, and those looking out of the windows are unable to see;

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    7And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.

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    22And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.

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    21And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.

  • Luke 21:20
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    20But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.

  • Isa 13:13
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    13For this cause the heavens will be shaking, and the earth will be moved out of its place, in the wrath of the Lord of armies, and in the day of his burning passion.

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    31Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end.

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    35All the people of the sea-lands are overcome with wonder at you, and their kings are full of fear, their faces are troubled.