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.


In Context

20 But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

21 Then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains; and let them that are in the midst of her depart out; and let not them that are in the country enter therein.

22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 Woe 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.

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

25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:23But 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.

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.