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.


In Context

20 "When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near.

21 Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city.

22 For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written.

23 How 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.

24 They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

25 "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

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 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 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.