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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.

Context of Matthew 24:7

5For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains. 9“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.

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 15:6One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
• Isaiah 9:19By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
• Isaiah 19:2“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian— brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Ezekiel 21:27A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.’
• Haggai 2:21“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
• Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.
• Hebrews 12:27The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
• Isaiah 24:19The earth is broken up, the earth is split asunder, the earth is violently shaken.
• Ezekiel 14:21“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem my four dreadful judgments—sword and famine and wild beasts and plague—to kill its men and their animals!
• Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
• Zechariah 14:4On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south.
• Luke 21:11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
• Acts 2:19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.
• Acts 11:28One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened 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