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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3 Whenever it is that they are saying, “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly on them,+ just like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and they will by no means escape.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 3 ὅταν Whenever λέγωσιν they may be saying Εἰρήνη Peace καὶ and ἀσφάλεια, security, τότε then αἰφνίδιος sudden αὐτοῖς to them ἐπίσταται is standing upon ὄλεθρος destruction ὥσπερ as-even ἡ the ὠδὶν birth pang τῇ to the [woman] ἐν in γαστρὶ belly ἐχούσῃ, having, καὶ and οὐ not μὴ not ἐκφύγωσιν. they should flee out.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 3 Whenever it is that they+ are saying: “Peace+ and security!” then sudden destruction+ is to be instantly upon them just as the pang of distress upon a pregnant woman;+ and they will by no means escape.+

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    The Bible in Living English
    • 3 When they say “peace and safety,” then destruction is upon them suddenly, as the birth-pang comes upon a pregnant woman, and they shall not escape.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    American Standard Version
    • 3 When they are saying, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall in no wise escape.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 3 As soon as they begin to say—Peace! and safety! Then suddenly upon them cometh destruction,—Just as the birth-throe unto her that is with child,—And in nowise shall they escape.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3
    King James Version
    • 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

  • 1 Thessalonians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 5:3 w26.02 30-31; w26.12 27; w23.02 16; w23.06 9, 13; w23.10 21; w19.09 9-10; w19.10 9; it-2 187; kr 222-223; w13 1/1 7; w13 11/15 12-13; w12 9/15 3-4; w10 7/15 5; w08 5/15 15-16; g 4/08 7; re 251; w04 2/1 20-21; wt 182; dg 21; w97 6/1 9-10; w95 4/15 25; w94 8/1 6; pr 28; g93 2/22 32; w91 4/15 7; w91 9/1 5-8; w91 9/15 16; sh 371-372; g89 12/8 24-27; w88 11/1 6; g88 4/8 14; w87 5/15 17-19; w87 9/1 18-20, 23; w86 10/1 18-20; tp 5-7, 85

  • 1 Thessalonians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:3 w84 5/15 6; su 185-186; uw 182; g83 8/22 6-8; g83 12/22 7; w82 5/1 18; w81 11/15 11-17; w78 4/1 5; w78 12/15 15; w76 442; w76 710-711; w75 375; w75 681-682; g75 11/8 7; w74 40; w74 243-244; w74 552; g74 4/8 7-8; ka 365; tp73 89; g72 10/8 14-15, 22; ad 1018; w64 626; pw 14; w54 380; w53 699; nh 293; aa 17; w51 614; rm 330; w49 45; pn 27; w42 58, 101, 190; w41 23, 119, 359, 373; w40 243, 262, 296; w39 103; wa 54; w37 357, 363; en 293; w36 87, 99-100; cg36 32; fw 36; w31 54

  • 1 Thessalonians
    Research Guide
    • 5:3

      Questions From Readers

      w26.02 pp. 30-31

      Do You Remember?

      w26.12 p. 27

      “Keep Your Senses, Be Watchful!”

      w23.02 p. 16 par. 5

      Keep Ready for Jehovah’s Day

      w23.06 pp. 9-13 pars. 4-15

      Explore Every Dimension of God’s Word

      w23.10 p. 21 par. 10

      Armageddon Is Good News!

      w19.09 pp. 9-10

      Keep Busy During the Last of “the Last Days”

      w19.10 pp. 8-9 pars. 3-4

      Labor Pains

      it-2 “Labor Pains” par. 8

      God’s Kingdom Removes Its Enemies

      kr chap. 21

      The End of the World—Fear, Fascination, and Frustration

      w13 1/1 p. 7

      How Can We Maintain “a Waiting Attitude”?

      w13 11/15 pp. 12-13 pars. 9-14

      How This World Will Come to an End

      w12 9/15 pp. 3-4 pars. 3-5

      What Jehovah’s Day Will Reveal

      w10 7/15 pp. 5-6 pars. 12-13

      Deliverance by God’s Kingdom Is at Hand!

      w08 5/15 p. 15 par. 17

      The Last Days—When?

      g 4/08 p. 7

      “The Scene of This World Is Changing”

      w04 2/1 pp. 20-21

      Keep Close in Mind Jehovah’s Day

      wt chap. 20 par. 13

      How We Know We Are in “the Last Days”

      dg part 9 par. 12

      Jehovah—A God Who Reveals Secrets

      w97 6/1 pp. 9-10 pars. 9-10

      The Day That ‘Burns Like a Furnace’

      w95 4/15 p. 25 pars. 17-18

      The Nuclear Threat—Removed for Good!

      w94 8/1 p. 6

      God’s Purpose Soon to Be Realized

      pr section 7 pars. 17-18

      Finger on the Pulse of Time

      g93 2/22 p. 32

      When Will Lasting Peace Really Come?

      w91 4/15 p. 7

      The Bible’s View of Peace and Security

      w91 9/1 pp. 5-6

      Looking Beyond Man-Made “Peace and Security”

      w91 9/1 pp. 7-8

      “Help Me Out Where I Need Faith!”

      w91 9/15 p. 16 pars. 8-9

      The True God and Your Future

      sh chap. 16 pars. 14-15

      Part 23—1945 onward—The Time for Settling Accounts Is Near

      g89 12/8 pp. 24-27

      The Quest for Peace and Security

      g89 12/8 p. 26

      The War to End Wars

      w88 11/1 p. 6

      An Awesome Mystery Solved

      re chap. 34 pars. 13-14

      The Last Days—What’s Next?

      g88 4/8 p. 14

      Listening to Jehovah as the End Draws Near

      w87 5/15 pp. 17-19

      On Guard Against “Peace and Security” as Devised by Nations

      w87 9/1 pp. 18-23

      Peace From God—When?

      w86 10/1 pp. 18-20

      True Peace and Security Near!

      tp chap. 1 pars. 3-10

      When Will the Foretold World Destruction Come?

      tp chap. 7

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