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AICNT For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor never will be.
OEB for that will be a time of great distress, the like of which has not occurred from the beginning of the world down to the present time – no, nor ever will again.
WEBBE for then there will be great suffering,[fn] such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)
NET For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.
LSV for there will then be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor may be.
FBV For at that time there will be terrible persecution—more terrible than anything that has happened from the beginning of the world up till now, and won't ever happen again.
TCNT For at that time there will be a great tribulation unlike any other from the beginning of the world until now, and it will never be equaled again.
T4T because people will suffer very severely when those things happen. People have never suffered that severely since God created the world until now, and no one will ever suffer like that again.
LEB For at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will happen.
BBE Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.
Moff No Moff MAT book available
Wymth for it will be a time of great suffering, such as never has been from the beginning of the world till now, and assuredly never will be again.
ASV for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
DRA For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
YLT for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.
Drby for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from [the] beginning of [the] world until now, nor ever shall be;
RV for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Wbstr For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
KJB-1769 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
KJB-1611 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor euer shall be.
(For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.)
Bshps For then shalbe great tribulation, such as was not since the begynnyng of the worlde, to this tyme, nor shalbe.
(For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world, to this time, nor shall be.)
Gnva For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.
(For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shall be. )
Cvdl For then shal there be greate trouble, soch as was not from the begynnynge of the worlde vnto this tyme, ner shalbe.
(For then shall there be great trouble, such as was not from the beginning of the world unto this time, nor shall be.)
TNT For then shalbe greate tribulacion suche as was not from the beginninge of the worlde to this tyme ner shalbe.
(For then shall be great tribulacion such as was not from the beginninge of the world to this time nor shall be. )
Wyc For thanne schal be greet tribulacioun, what maner `was not fro the bigynnyng of the world to now, nether schal be maad.
(For then shall be great tribulation, what manner `was not from the beginning of the world to now, neither shall be made.)
Luth Denn es wird alsdann eine große Trübsal sein, als nicht gewesen ist von Anfang der Welt bisher und als auch nicht werden wird.
(Because it becomes alsdann one large Trübsal sein, als not been is from beginning the/of_the world bisher and als also not become wird.)
ClVg erit enim tunc tribulatio magna, qualis non fuit ab initio mundi usque modo, neque fiet.
(erit because tunc tribulatio magna, such_as not/no fuit away initio mundi until modo, nor fiet. )
UGNT ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν, οὐδ’ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
(estai gar tote thlipsis megalaʸ, hoia ou gegonen ap’ arⱪaʸs kosmou heōs tou nun, oud’ ou maʸ genaʸtai.)
SBL-GNT ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
(estai gar tote thlipsis megalaʸ hoia ou gegonen apʼ arⱪaʸs kosmou heōs tou nun oudʼ ou maʸ genaʸtai.)
TC-GNT Ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλίψις μεγάλη, οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν, οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
(Estai gar tote thlipsis megalaʸ, hoia ou gegonen ap arⱪaʸs kosmou heōs tou nun, oud ou maʸ genaʸtai. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, orange:accents differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
γὰρ
for
Here, the word For introduces a reason why the disciples should pray that they would not need to flee in winter or on a Sabbath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a command, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “You should pray that because” or “That is because”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ἔσται & θλῖψις μεγάλη
will_be & tribulation great
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of tribulation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “people will be greatly hurt” or “people will be greatly afflicted”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
οὐδ’ οὐ μὴ γένηται
nor by_no_means not /may/_become
The words translated nor and ever are three negative words. In this construction, the second and third negatives do not cancel the first. Instead, they give greater emphasis to the negative. If your language can use three negatives that do not cancel one another to create a positive meaning, you could use a triple negative here. If your language does not use three negatives in that way, you could translate with one strong negative, as the ULT does. Alternate translation: “and will by no means happen again”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
οὐ μὴ γένηται
not by_no_means not /may/_become
Here Jesus means that tribulation this great will not happen again after these events occur. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “nor will ever again happen after that”
