Luke 19:43

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build a barricade against you, surround you, and hem you in on every side.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι ἥξουσιν ἡμέραι ἐπὶ σέ, καὶ περιβαλοῦσιν οἱ ἐχθροί σου χάρακά σοι, καὶ περικυκλώσουσίν σε, καὶ συνέξουσίν σε πάντοθεν,

Transliteration

For will come hēmerai upon you, and will peribalousin the echthroi of you charaka for you, and will perikyklōsousin you, and will synexousin you pantothen,

Grammar Details

• *hēmerai*: nominative, feminine, plural - days
• *peribalousin*: future active, 3rd person plural - will cast around
• *echthroi*: nominative, masculine, plural - enemies
• *charaka*: accusative, masculine, singular - palisade/barricade
• *perikyklōsousin*: future active, 3rd person plural - will surround
• *synexousin*: future active, 3rd person plural - will press hard
• *pantothen*: adverb - from all sides

Word Meanings

• *hēmerai*: days/times
• *peribalousin*: will cast around/build/construct
• *echthroi*: enemies/foes
• *charaka*: palisade/barricade/rampart
• *perikyklōsousin*: will surround/encircle completely
• *synexousin*: will press hard/hem in/constrain
• *pantothen*: from all sides/on every side

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} the days{G2250} shall come{G2240} upon{G1909} thee,{G4571} when{G2532} thine{G4675} enemies{G2190} shall cast{G4016} up a bank{G5482} about thee,{G4671} and{G2532} compass{G4033} thee{G4571} round,{G4033} and{G2532} keep{G4912} thee{G4571} in{G4912} on every side,{G3840}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For{G3754} the days{G2250} shall come{G2240}{(G5692)} upon{G1909} thee{G4571}, that{G2532} thine{G4675} enemies{G2190} shall cast{G4016} a trench{G5482} about{G4016}{(G5692)} thee{G4671}, and{G2532} compass{G4033} thee{G4571} round{G4033}{(G5692)}, and{G2532} keep{G4912} thee{G4571} in{G4912}{(G5692)} on every side{G3840},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For the dayes shall come vpo the that thy enemys shall cast a banke aboute the and copasse the rounde and kepe the in on every syde

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the tyme shal come vpon the, that thine enimies shal cast vp a bake aboute the, and aboute thy children with the, and besege ye, and kepe the in on euery syde,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compasse thee round, and keepe thee in on euery side,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the dayes shall come vpon thee, that thyne enemies also shall caste a banke about thee, and compasse thee rounde, and kepe thee in on euery syde:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Because days shall come upon thee, and thine enemies shall cast around thee a rampart, and compass thee round, and press thee on every side,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the days shall come upon thee, when thine enemies shall cast up a bank about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 4:2 : 2 Build siege works against it, construct a ramp, set up camps around it, and place battering rams against it all around.
• Ezek 26:8 : 8 'Your villages in the countryside will be killed by the sword, and he will build siege walls against you, raise a siege ramp against you, and set up a shield wall against you.'
• Dan 9:26-27 : 26 After the sixty-two weeks, the Anointed One will be cut off and have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and desolation has been decreed until the end of the war. 27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week, he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, until the decreed destruction is poured out on the desolator.
• Matt 22:7 : 7 The king was enraged. He sent his army, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
• Matt 23:37-39 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again from now until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'
• Mark 13:14-20 : 14 When you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be, as spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15 Let the one who is on the rooftop not go down or enter the house to take anything out. 16 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak. 17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 18 Pray that this will not happen in winter. 19 For those days will be a time of tribulation unlike anything that has occurred from the beginning of creation, which God made, until now, and will never occur again. 20 If the Lord had not shortened those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them.
• Luke 21:20-24 : 20 When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those inside the city must leave it, and those in the countryside must not enter it. 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled. 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and nursing in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 They killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and they drove us out. They do not please God and are hostile to everyone. 16 They forbid us to speak to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way, they constantly fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath of God has come upon them fully.
• Deut 28:49-58 : 49 The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand. 50 It will be a fierce and ruthless nation, showing no respect for the old and no mercy for the young. 51 They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine, or fresh oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have wiped you out. 52 They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until your high fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down. They will besiege all the cities in the land the LORD your God has given you. 53 Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you. 54 Even the most tender and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who are still alive. 55 He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you, so refined that she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she loves, her son, and her daughter. 57 She will secretly eat her afterbirth and the children she bears during the siege and suffering that your enemy inflicts upon your cities, because she is in dire need of food. 58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law that are written in this book, and do not fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
• Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him. 13 The Lord laughs at him because He sees that his day is coming.
• Isa 29:1-4 : 1 Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David camped! Add year upon year; let the festivals continue. 2 Yet I will bring distress to Ariel, and it will become mourning and lamentation; it will be to me like an altar hearth. 3 I will encamp in a circle against you, I will besiege you with towers, and I will raise siegeworks against you. 4 You will be brought low; from the ground you will speak, and your words will come in a muffled way from the dust. Your voice will sound like that of a ghost from the earth, and your speech will whisper from the dust.
• Isa 37:33 : 33 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with a shield or build a siege ramp against it.
• Jer 6:3-6 : 3 Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents surrounding her and graze, each in his place. 4 Prepare for war against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! Woe to us, for the day is waning and the shadows of evening are lengthening. 5 Arise, let us attack by night and destroy her fortresses! 6 For this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Cut down trees and build a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression.