23But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.


In Context

20 But when ye see Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its desolation is drawn nigh.

21 Then let those who are in Judaea flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of it depart out, and those who are in the country not enter into it;

22 for these are days of avenging, that all the things that are written may be accomplished.

23 But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the nations until the times of the nations be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

Luke 21:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:23How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:23But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:23Woe 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:23Woe 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:23But woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:23Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who nurse infants in those days! For there will be great distress in the land, and wrath to this people.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:23'And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:23But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath on this people.