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1 Thessalonians 5

1 Thess. 5:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
when
hotan (Greek #3752)
whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as
KJV usage: as long (soon) as, that, + till, when(-soever), while.
Pronounce: hot'-an
Origin: from 3753 and 302
they shall say
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
, Peace
eirene (Greek #1515)
peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity
KJV usage: one, peace, quietness, rest, + set at one again.
Pronounce: i-ray'-nay
Origin: probably from a primary verb εἴρω (to join)
and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
safety
asphaleia (Greek #803)
security (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: certainty, safety.
Pronounce: as-fal'-i-ah
Origin: from 804
; then
tote (Greek #5119)
the when, i.e. at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution)
KJV usage: that time, then.
Pronounce: tot'-eh
Origin: from (the neuter of) 3588 and 3753
sudden
aiphnidios (Greek #160)
unexpected, i.e. (adverbially) suddenly
KJV usage: sudden, unawares.
Pronounce: aheef-nid'-ee-os
Origin: from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and 5316 (compare 1810) (meaning non-apparent)
destruction
olethros (Greek #3639)
ruin, i.e. death, punishment
KJV usage: destruction.
Pronounce: ol'-eth-ros
Origin: from a primary ὄλλυμι (to destroy; a prolonged form)
cometh
ephistemi (Greek #2186)
from 1909 and 2476; to stand upon, i.e. be present (in various applications, friendly or otherwise, usually literal); --assault, come (in, to, unto, upon), be at hand (instant), present, stand (before, by, over).
Pronounce: ef-is'-tay-mee
upon them
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
, as
hosper (Greek #5618)
just as, i.e. exactly like
KJV usage: (even, like) as.
Pronounce: hoce'-per
Origin: from 5613 and 4007
travail
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
odin (Greek #5604)
a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
KJV usage: pain, sorrow, travail.
Pronounce: o-deen'
Origin: akin to 3601
d upon
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
a woman
echo (Greek #2192)
(used in certain tenses only) a primary verb; to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or condition)
KJV usage: be (able, X hold, possessed with), accompany, + begin to amend, can(+ -not), X conceive, count, diseased, do + eat, + enjoy, + fear, following, have, hold, keep, + lack, + go to law, lie, + must needs, + of necessity, + need, next, + recover, + reign, + rest, + return, X sick, take for, + tremble, + uncircumcised, use.
Pronounce: ekh'-o
Origin: σχέω (skheh'-o)
with
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
child
gaster (Greek #1064)
the stomach; by analogy, the matrix; figuratively, a gourmand
KJV usage: belly, + with child, womb.
Pronounce: gas-tare'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
; and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
they shall
ekpheugo (Greek #1628)
to flee out
KJV usage: escape, flee.
Pronounce: ek-fyoo'-go
Origin: from 1537 and 5343
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
escape
ekpheugo (Greek #1628)
to flee out
KJV usage: escape, flee.
Pronounce: ek-fyoo'-go
Origin: from 1537 and 5343
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ou (Greek #3756)
the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not
KJV usage: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but. See also 3364, 3372.
Pronounce: oo
Origin: οὐκ (ook), and (before an aspirate) οὐχ (ookh) a primary word
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Jer. 13:21• 21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? (Jer. 13:21)

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Peace.
Deut. 29:19• 19{i}and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.{/i} (Deut. 29:19)
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Judg. 18:27‑28• 27{i}And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.{/i}
 28{i}And there was no deliverer, for it was far from Zidon, and they had nothing to do with any man; and it lay in the valley that is by Beth-rehob. And they built the city and dwelt therein.{/i} (Judg. 18:27‑28)
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Psa. 10:11‑13• 11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,{HR}He hath hidden his face;{HR}He will not see forever.
 12Arise, O Jehovah; O God,{HR}Lift up thy hand;{HR}Forget not the afflicted.
 13Wherefore hath the wicked [man] despised God?{HR}He hath said in his heart,{HR}Thou wilt not require (Psa. 10:11‑13)
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Isa. 21:4• 4My heart panteth, horror affrighted me; the night of my pleasure hath he turned into trembling unto me. (Isa. 21:4)
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Isa. 56:12• 12Come ye, [say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure. (Isa. 56:12)
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Dan. 5:3‑6• 3Then they brought the golden vessels {i}that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, drank in them.{/i}
 4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood and of stone.
 5In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace; and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
 6Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Dan. 5:3‑6)
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Nah. 1:10• 10for while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)
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Matt. 24:37‑39• 37But as the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man;
 38for as in those days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
 39and they knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of man be. (Matt. 24:37‑39)
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Luke 17:26‑30• 26{i}And as it took place in the days of Noah, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:{/i}
 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them].
 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]:
 30after this [manner] shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed. (Luke 17:26‑30)
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Luke 21:34‑35• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
 35for as a snare it will come upon all that are settled down upon the face of the whole earth. (Luke 21:34‑35)
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Ex. 15:9‑10• 9{i}The enemy said, I will pursue,{HR}I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;{HR}My soul shall be sated upon them;{HR}I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.{HR}{/i}
 10{i}Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them;{HR}They sank as lead in the mighty waters.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:9‑10)
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Josh. 8:20‑22• 20{i}And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.{/i}
 21{i}When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.{/i}
 22{i}And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.{/i} (Josh. 8:20‑22)
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Judg. 20:41‑42• 41{i}Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.{/i}
 42{i}And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.{/i} (Judg. 20:41‑42)
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2 Chron. 32:19‑21• 19{i}And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of man's hand.{/i}
 20For this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.
 21And Jehovah sent an angel which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. (2 Chron. 32:19‑21)
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Psa. 73:18‑20• 18Truly thou settest them in slippery places,{HR}Thou hast caused them to fall into ruins.
 19How are they a desolation in a moment!{HR}They have passed, consumed with terrors.
 20As a dream on awaking, so, O Lord (Adonai),{HR}In arising, wilt thou despise their image. (Psa. 73:18‑20)
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Prov. 29:1• 1{i}He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,{HR}Shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy.{/i} (Prov. 29:1)
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Isa. 30:13• 13therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly in an instant. (Isa. 30:13)
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Luke 17:27‑29• 27they ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all [of them].
 28And in like manner as took place in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]: (Luke 17:27‑29)
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Luke 21:34‑35• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
 35for as a snare it will come upon all that are settled down upon the face of the whole earth. (Luke 21:34‑35)
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Acts 12:22‑23• 22And the people shouted thereon, A god's voice and not a man's.
 23And immediately an angel of [the] Lord smote him, because he gave not the glory to God; and becoming worm-eaten he expired. (Acts 12:22‑23)
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Acts 13:41• 41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you. (Acts 13:41)
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2 Thess. 1:9• 9Who shall pay as penalty everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:9)
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2 Peter 2:4• 4For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to lowest hell and gave them up to chains of gloom reserved for judgment, (2 Peter 2:4)
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Rev. 18:7‑8• 7How much she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. Because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen and am no widow and shall in no wise see mourning;
 8therefore in one day shall her plagues come, death and mourning and famine; and she shall be utterly burnt with fire: for strong {i}is{/i} the Lord God that judged her. (Rev. 18:7‑8)
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Psa. 48:6• 6Trembling seized them there, pain as of one bringing forth. (Psa. 48:6)
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Isa. 43:6‑9• 6I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth
 7every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory; I have formed him, yea, I have made him.
 8Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
 9Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them declareth this, and showeth us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, [It is] truth. (Isa. 43:6‑9)
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Isa. 21:3• 3Therefore are my loins filled with pain; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bowed down so as not to hear; I am dismayed so as not to see. (Isa. 21:3)
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Jer. 4:31• 31{i}For I hear a voice, as of a woman in travail, anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion: she moaneth, she spreadeth forth her hands, saying , Woe unto me! for my soul faileth because of murderers.{/i} (Jer. 4:31)
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Jer. 6:24• 24{i}We have heard the report thereof: our hands are grown feeble; anguish hath taken hold of us, pain as of a woman that travaileth.{/i} (Jer. 6:24)
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Jer. 13:21• 21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? (Jer. 13:21)
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Jer. 22:23• 23O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! (Jer. 22:23)
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Hos. 13:13• 13{i}The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there.{/i} (Hos. 13:13)
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Mic. 4:9‑10• 9{i}Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?{/i}
 10{i}Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon: there shalt thou be delivered; there Jehovah will redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.{/i} (Mic. 4:9‑10)
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Matt. 23:33• 33{i}Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?{/i} (Matt. 23:33)
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Heb. 2:3• 3how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those that heard, (Heb. 2:3)
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Heb. 12:23• 23and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect; (Heb. 12:23)
• Here it is rather inward quiet and outward exemption from danger, through confidence in the social and political state of mankind. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• This is the judgment of the quick; and, it will be noticed, no trace accompanies it of a judgment of the dead. (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• In 2 Peter 3 it is rather such scoffing unbelief as is found among philosophers, who point to the substantial stability of all things visible in the midst of superficial change and development. Here it is rather inward quiet and outward exemption from danger, through confidence in the social and political state of mankind; yet not without uneasy qualms which betray the real unrest and underlying dread (“On 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11” by W. Kelly)
• The world will say, “Peace and safety,” and in all security will believe in the continuance of its prosperity and the success of its designs, and the day will come suddenly upon them. (Compare 2 Peter 3:3.) The Lord Himself has often declared it (Matt. 24:36-44; Mark 13:33-36; Luke 12:40; 17:26; 21:35). (“1 Thessalonians 5” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whena they are saying peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh on them as the pain on her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

WK Translation Notes

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The particle "for" disappears properly here, as it should appear in verse 5.