Matthew 24:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι, οὐκ ἂν ἐσώθη πᾶσα σάρξ: διὰ δὲ τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι.

Transliteration

And if not ekolobōthēsan the hēmerai those, not would esōthē all sarx: but for the eklektous kolobōthēsontai the hēmerai those.

Grammar Details

• *ekolobōthēsan*: aorist passive, 3rd person plural - were shortened/cut short
• *hēmerai*: nominative feminine plural - days
• *esōthē*: aorist passive, 3rd person singular - would be saved
• *sarx*: nominative feminine singular - flesh
• *eklektous*: accusative masculine plural - elect/chosen ones
• *kolobōthēsontai*: future passive, 3rd person plural - will be shortened

Word Meanings

• *ekolobōthēsan*: were shortened/cut short/curtailed
• *hēmerai*: days/times
• *esōthē*: would be saved/preserved/rescued
• *sarx*: flesh/human beings/human nature
• *eklektous*: elect/chosen ones/selected ones
• *kolobōthēsontai*: will be shortened/cut short/curtailed

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Ye and except those dayes shuld be shortened there shuld no fleshe be saved: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yee and excepte those daies shulde be shortened, there shulde no flesh be saued: but for ye chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Yea, and except those dayes shoulde be shortened, there shoulde no fleshe be saued: but for the chosens sake, those dayes shalbe shortened.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 13:20 : 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.
• Isa 65:8-9 : 8 Thus says the LORD, 'As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one says, 'Do not destroy it, for a blessing is in it,' so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. 9 I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of my mountains; my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For false Christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
• Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• Isa 6:13 : 13 But yet a tenth will be in it, and it will return, and be consumed; as a terebinth tree or as an oak, whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump.
• Zech 13:8 : 8 And it shall come to pass that in all the land, says the LORD, two-thirds shall be cut off and die, but one-third shall be left in it.
• Zech 14:2 : 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women violated; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• Matt 22:14 : 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night to him, though he bears long with them?
• Rom 9:11 : 11 For the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls;
• Rom 11:25-31 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; 27 For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins. 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown to you they also may obtain mercy.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.