Luke 19:43

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,

📖 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

• 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.

• 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,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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,

• 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 And lay siege against it, build a fort against it, and throw up a ramp against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it all around.
• Ezek 26:8 : 8 He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field; and he shall build a fort against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a shield against you.
• Dan 9:26-27 : 26 And after sixty-two weeks, the Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; its end shall be with a flood, and until the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
• Matt 22:7 : 7 But when the king heard about it, he was angry: and he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
• Matt 23:37-39 : 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I say to you, You shall not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
• Mark 13:14-20 : 14 But when you see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let the reader understand,) then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains: 15 And let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house: 16 And let him who is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment. 17 But woe to those who are with child, and to those who nurse infants in those days! 18 And pray that your flight be not in the winter. 19 For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of creation which God created until this time, nor ever shall be. 20 And unless the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
• Luke 21:20-24 : 20 And when you shall see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation is near. 21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are in the midst of it depart out, and let not those who are in the countries enter into it. 22 For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe to those who are with child and to those who give suck in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
• 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
• Deut 28:49-58 : 49 The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand; 50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: 51 And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you are destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your kine, or flocks of your sheep, until he has destroyed you. 52 And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you. 53 And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you: 54 So that the man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 57 And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children who she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and distress, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates. 58 If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD YOUR GOD;
• Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming.
• Isa 29:1-4 : 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! Add year to year; let them kill sacrifices. 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow, and it shall be to me as Ariel. 3 And I will camp against you all around, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise forts against you. 4 And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust, and your voice shall be, as one that has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust.
• Isa 37:33 : 33 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor build a siege ramp against it.
• Jer 6:3-6 : 3 The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around; they shall feed everyone in his place. 4 Prepare war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. 5 Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. 6 For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be visited; she is full of oppression in her midst.