11 translations · Greek
Luke 21:34
“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
Luke 21:34 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
- KJV King James Version
- And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And take heed to yourselves lest your hearts may be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Watch out that you don't become distracted by partying or getting drunk or by the worries of this life, so that this day catches you by surprise.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Προσέχετε | Prosechete | watch | G4337 προσέχω to watch out |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| ἑαυτοῖς | heautois | yourselves | G1438 ἑαυτοῦ themself |
| μή‿ | mē | or | G3361 μή not |
| ποτε | pote | — | G4219 πότε when? |
| βαρηθῶσιν | barēthōsin | will be weighed down | G916 βαρέω to burden |
| ὑμῶν | hymōn | your | G4771 σύ you |
| αἱ | hai | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| καρδίαι | kardiai | hearts | G2588 καρδία heart |
| ἐν | en | by | G1722 ἐν in/on/among |
| κραιπάλῃ | kraipalē | dissipation | G2897 κραιπάλη dissipation |
| καὶ | kai | — | G2532 καί and |
| μέθῃ | methē | drunkenness | G3178 μέθη drunkenness |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| μερίμναις | merimnais | [the] worries | G3308 μέριμνα concern |
| βιωτικαῖς | biōtikais | of life | G982 βιωτικός of this life |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| ἐπιστῇ | epistē | will spring | G2186 ἐφίστημι to approach |
| ἐφ’ | eph’ | upon | G1909 ἐπί upon/to/against |
| ὑμᾶς | hymas | you | G4771 σύ you |
| αἰφνίδιος | aiphnidios | suddenly | G160 αἰφνίδιος sudden |
| ἡ | hē | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἡμέρα | hēmera | day | G2250 ἡμέρα day |
| ἐκείνη | ekeinē | that | G1565 ἐκεῖνος that |
| ὡς | hōs | like | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| παγίς | pagis | a snare | G3803 παγίς trap |
Related verses
- Mark 4:19
and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Luke 12:40
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
- Luke 12:45–46
But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays his coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–8
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape. But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief. …
- 1 Peter 4:3–7
For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. They think it is strange that you don’t run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming: who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. …
- 1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.
- Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.
- 2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for these things, be diligent to be found in peace, without defect and blameless in his sight.
- Hosea 4:11
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- Mark 13:35–37
Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning; lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping. What I tell you, I tell all: Watch.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
32 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will by no means pass away.
34 “So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.
35 For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the earth.
36 Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Read all of Luke 21 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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