(Zephaniah
1:13 NASB) "Moreover, their
wealth will become plunder, And their houses desolate; Yes, they will build
houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their
wine." |
(Zephaniah
1:13 KJV) Therefore their goods shall
become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses,
but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine
thereof. |
(Zephaniah
1:13 NIV) Their wealth will be
plundered, their houses demolished. They will build houses but not live in
them; they will plant vineyards but not drink the wine. |
(Zephaniah
1:18 NASB) Neither their silver nor
their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the LORD'S wrath; And
all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make
a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. |
(Zephaniah
1:18 KJV) Neither their silver nor
their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but
the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall
make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. |
(Zephaniah
1:18 NIV) Neither their silver nor
their gold will be able to save them on the day of the Lord's wrath. In the
fire of his jealousy the whole world will be consumed, for he will make a
sudden end of all who live in the earth." |
(Zephaniah
1:14 NASB) Near is the great day of
the LORD, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the LORD! In it
the warrior cries out bitterly. |
(Zephaniah
1:14 KJV) The great day of the LORD is
near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the
voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. |
(Zephaniah
1:14 NIV) "The great day of the
LORD is near-- near and coming quickly. Listen! The cry on the day of the
LORD will be bitter, the shouting of the warrior there. |
(Zephaniah
1:15 NASB) A day of wrath is that day,
A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of
darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness, |
(Zephaniah
1:15 KJV) That day is a day of wrath,
a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness
and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick
darkness, |
(Zephaniah
1:15 NIV) That day will be a day of
wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of
darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, |
(Zephaniah
1:16 NASB) A day of trumpet and battle
cry, Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers. |
(Zephaniah
1:16 KJV) A day of the trumpet and
alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. |
(Zephaniah
1:16 NIV) a day of trumpet and battle
cry against the fortified cities and against the corner towers. |
(Zephaniah
1:17 NASB) And I will bring distress
on men, So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned
against the LORD; And their blood will be poured out like dust, And their
flesh like dung. |
(Zephaniah
1:17 KJV) And I will bring distress
upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned
against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their
flesh as the dung. |
(Zephaniah
1:17 NIV) I will bring distress on the
people and they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against
the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their entrails like
filth. |
(Joel
2:10 NASB) Before them the earth
quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark, And the stars
lose their brightness. |
(Joel
2:10 KJV) The earth shall quake before
them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the
stars shall withdraw their shining: |
(Joel
2:10 NIV) Before them the earth
shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no
longer shine. |
(Joel
2:11 NASB) And the LORD utters His
voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who
carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome,
And who can endure it? |
(Joel
2:11 KJV) And the LORD shall utter his
voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and
very terrible; and who can abide it? |
(Joel
2:11 NIV) The LORD thunders at the
head of his army; his forces are beyond number, and mighty are those who obey
his command. The day of the LORD is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it? |
(Joel
2:12 NASB) "Yet even now,"
declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting,
weeping, and mourning; |
(Joel
2:12 KJV) Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart,
and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: |
(Joel
2:12 NIV) 'Even now,' declares the
LORD, 'return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and
mourning.' |
(Revelation
1:1 NASB) The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which
must shortly take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His
bond-servant John, |
(Revelation
1:1 KJV) The Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must
shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his
servant John: |
(Revelation
1:1 NIV) The revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He
made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, |
(Revelation
1:2 NASB) who bore witness to the word
of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. |
(Revelation
1:2 KJV) Who bare record of the word
of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. |
(Revelation
1:2 NIV) who testifies to everything
he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. |
(Revelation
1:3 NASB) Blessed is he who reads and
those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are
written in it; for the time is near. |
(Revelation
1:3 KJV) Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,
and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. |
(Revelation
1:3 NIV) Blessed is the one who reads
the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to
heart what is written in it, because the time is near. |
(Job
15:24 NASB) "Distress and anguish
terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, |
(Job
15:24 KJV) Trouble and anguish shall
make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. |
(Job
15:24 NIV) Distress and anguish fill
him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack, |
(Amos
5:18 NASB) Alas, you who are longing
for the day of the LORD, For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you?
It will be darkness and not light; |
(Amos
5:18 KJV) Woe unto you that desire the
day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness,
and not light. |
(Amos
5:18 NIV) Woe to you who long for the
day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? That day will be
darkness, not light. |
(Amos
5:19 NASB) As when a man flees from a
lion, And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall,
And a snake bites him. |
(Amos
5:19 KJV) As if a man did flee from a
lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the
wall, and a serpent bit him. |
(Amos
5:19 NIV) It will be as though a man
fled from a lion only to meet a bear, as though he entered his house and
rested his hand on the wall only to have a snake bite him. |
(Amos
5:20 NASB) Will not the day of the
LORD be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it? |
(Amos
5:20 KJV) Shall not the day of the
LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? |
(Amos
5:20 NIV) Will not the day of the LORD
be darkness, not light-- pitch-dark, without a ray of brightness? |
(Isaiah
13:17 NASB) Behold, I am going to stir
up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold, |
(Isaiah
13:17 KJV) Behold, I will stir up the
Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they
shall not delight in it. |
(Isaiah
13:17 NIV) See, I will stir up against
them the Medes, who do not care for silver and have no delight in gold. |
(Jeremiah
4:30 NASB) And you, O desolate one,
what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate
yourself with ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful; Your lovers despise you; They seek your life. |
(Jeremiah
4:30 KJV) And when thou art spoiled,
what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself
with crimson, though thou deckest thee with
ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face
with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself
fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. |
(Jeremiah
4:30 NIV) What are you doing, O
devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why
shade your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise
you; they seek your life. |
(Ezekiel
7:19 NASB) 'They shall fling their
silver into the streets, and their gold shall become an abhorrent thing;
their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of
the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite, nor can they fill
their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling. |
(Ezekiel
7:19 KJV) They shall cast their silver
in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold
shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they
shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. |
(Ezekiel
7:19 NIV) They will throw their silver
into the streets, and their gold will be an unclean thing. Their silver and
gold will not be able to save them in the day of the Lord's wrath. They will
not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has made them
stumble into sin. |
(Isaiah
10:23 NASB) For a complete destruction,
one that is decreed, the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the
whole land. |
(Isaiah
10:23 KJV) For the Lord GOD of hosts
shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. |
(Isaiah
10:23 NIV) The Lord, the LORD
Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land. |