NETBible | Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! 1 There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it. 2 |
NIV © |
How awful that day will be! None will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it. |
NASB © |
‘Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it. |
NLT © |
In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end, they will be saved! |
MSG © |
The blackest of days, no day like it ever! A time of deep trouble for Jacob--but he'll come out of it alive. |
BBE © |
Ha! for that day is so great that there is no day like it: it is the time of Jacob’s trouble: but he will get salvation from it. |
NRSV © |
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be rescued from it. |
NKJV © |
Alas! For that day is great, So that none is like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s trouble, But he shall be saved out of it. |
KJV | Alas <01945>_! for that day <03117> [is] great <01419>_, so that <0369> none [is] like it: it [is] even the time <06256> of Jacob's <03290> trouble <06869>_; but he shall be saved <03467> (8735) out of it. |
NASB © |
'Alas <1945> ! for that day <3117> is great <1419> , There <369> is none <369> like <3644> it; And it is the time <6256> of Jacob's <3290> distress <6869> , But he will be saved from it.<3467> |
LXXM | (37:7) egenhyh <1096> V-API-3S oti <3754> CONJ megalh <3173> A-NSF h <3588> T-NSF hmera <2250> N-NSF ekeinh <1565> D-NSF kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV estin <1510> V-PAI-3S toiauth <5108> A-NSF kai <2532> CONJ cronov <5550> N-NSM stenov <4728> A-NSM estin <1510> V-PAI-3S tw <3588> T-DSM iakwb <2384> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ apo <575> PREP toutou <3778> D-GSM swyhsetai <4982> V-FPI-3S |
NET [draft] ITL | Alas <01945> , what a terrible <01419> time <03117> of trouble it <01931> is! There has never <0369> been any like <03644> it. It is a time <06256> of trouble <06869> for the descendants <01931> of Jacob <03290> , but some of <04480> them will be rescued out of it.<03467> |
HEBREW | eswy <03467> hnmmw <04480> bqeyl <03290> ayh <01931> hru <06869> tew <06256> whmk <03644> Nyam <0369> awhh <01931> Mwyh <03117> lwdg <01419> yk <03588> ywh (30:7) <01945> |
NETBible | Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! 1 There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it. 2 |
NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “Alas [or Woe] for that day will be great.” For the use of the particle “Alas” to signal a time of terrible trouble, even to sound the death knell for someone, see the translator’s note on 22:13. 1 sn The reference to a terrible time of trouble (Heb “that day”) is a common shorthand reference in the prophets to “the Day of the 2 tn Heb “It is a time of trouble for Jacob but he will be saved out of it.” 2 sn Jacob here is figurative for the people descended from him. Moreover the figure moves from Jacob = descendants of Jacob to only a part of those descendants. Not all of his descendants who have experienced and are now experiencing trouble will be saved. Only a remnant (i.e., the good figs, cf., e.g., Jer 23:3; 31:7) will see the good things that the |