Matthew 24:7

Matthew 24:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
• New International Version (NIV)Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

Context of Matthew 24:7

5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many. 6You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these events are the beginning of labor pains. 9“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Matthew 24:7 word by word

Ἐγερθήσεται γὰρ ἔθνος ἐπὶ ἔθνος καὶ βασιλεία ἐπὶ βασιλείαν, καὶ ἔσονται λιμοὶ καὶ σεισμοὶ κατὰ τόπους.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• nationἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• shall riseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• againstἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• kingdomβασιλείαbasileia · kingdomG932
• there shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• faminesλιμόςlimos · hungerG3042
• pestilencesλοιμόςloimos · pestilenceG3061
• earthquakesσεισμόςseismos · earthquakeG4578
• in diversκατάkata · according toG2596
• placesτόποςtopos · placeG5117

Cross-references for Matthew 24:7

• 2 Chronicles 15:6Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every possible distress.
• Isaiah 9:19The land is scorched by the wrath of the Lord of Armies, and the people are like fuel for the fire. No one has compassion on his brother.
• Isaiah 19:2I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Ezekiel 21:27A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! Yet this will not happen until he comes; I have given the judgment to him.
• Haggai 2:21“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
• Hebrews 12:27This expression, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that what is not shaken might remain.
• Isaiah 24:19The earth is completely devastated; the earth is split open; the earth is violently shaken.
• Ezekiel 14:21“For this is what the Lord God says: How much worse will it be when I send my four devastating judgments against Jerusalem — sword, famine, dangerous animals, and plague — in order to wipe out both people and animals from it!
• Joel 2:30I will display wonders in the heavens and on the earth: blood, fire, and columns of smoke.
• Zechariah 14:4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which faces Jerusalem on the east. The Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, forming a huge valley, so that half the mountain will move to the north and half to the south.
• Luke 21:11There will be violent earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven.
• Acts 2:19I will display wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
• Acts 11:28One of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the reign of Claudius.

Commentaries on Matthew 24:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Nation shall rise against nation - This portended the dissensions, insurrections and mutual slaughter of the Jews, and those of other nations, who dwelt in the same cities together; as particularly at Caesarea, where the Jews and Syrians contended about the right of the city, which ended there in the total expulsion of the Jews, above 20,000 of whom were slain. The whole Jewish nation being exasperated at this, flew to arms, and burnt and plundered the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom - At Caesarea the Jews and Syrians contended about the right to the city, and twenty thousand of the Jews were slain. At this blow the whole nation of the Jews was exasperated, and carried war and desolation through the Syrian cities and villages. Sedition and civil war spread throughout Judea; Italy was also thrown into civil war by the contests between Otho and Vitellius for the crown. And…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8Jesus warned his disciples not to be tricked by false messiahs and not to lose hope when disasters come. These things do not mean the end has come right away. History must follow the course God has set. The signs in Matthew 24:4–8 are not the end themselves but events that come before the end.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings