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Source language
Original Greek   
ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις μεγάλη οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ γένηται.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
estai gar tote thlipsis megale oia ou gegonen ap' arkhes kosmou eos tou nun oud' ou me genetai.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
erit enim tunc tribulatio magna qualis non fuit ab initio mundi usque modo neque fiet

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Authorized (King James) Version   
for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
New King James Version   
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.
21st Century King James Version   
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For then there will be great suffering, which has not been from the beginning of the world even until now, neither will be.
Darby Bible Translation   
for then shall there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
God's Word   
There will be a lot of misery at that time, a kind of misery that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and will certainly never happen again.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For at that time there will be great tribulation, the kind that hasn't taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again!
International Standard Version   
because at that time there will be great suffering, the kind that hasn't happened from the beginning of the world until now and certainly won't ever happen again.
NET Bible   
For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen.
New American Standard Bible   
"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
New International Version   
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.
New Living Translation   
For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again.
Webster's Bible Translation   
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.
Weymouth New Testament   
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.
The World English Bible   
for then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Great troubles will happen to people at that time. Nothing as bad has ever happened before, since the beginning of the world. Nothing as bad will ever happen again.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.
New Life Version   
In those days there will be very much trouble and pain and sorrow. It has never been this bad from the beginning of the world and never will be again.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor shall be.
The Voice Bible   
For the tribulation will be unparalleled—hardships of a magnitude that has not been seen since creation and that will not be seen again.
Living Bible   
For there will be persecution such as the world has never before seen in all its history and will never see again.
New Catholic Bible   
For at that time there will be great suffering that has not been equaled since the beginning of the world until now, and will never again be duplicated.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Christian Standard Bible   
For at that time there will be great distress, the kind that hasn’t taken place from the beginning of the world until now and never will again.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now—no, and never will be [again].
New Century Version   
because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than there has ever been since the beginning of the world until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again.
The Message   
“This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God’s chosen people, the trouble will be cut short.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For at that time there will be great distress, unlike any that has happened since the beginning of the world until now, and unlike any that will happen again.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until · now, and will never be again.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
New Matthew Bible   
For then will be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world to this time, nor will be.
Good News Translation®   
For the trouble at that time will be far more terrible than any there has ever been, from the beginning of the world to this very day. Nor will there ever be anything like it again.
Wycliffe Bible   
For then shall be great tribulation, what manner was not from the beginning of the world to now [what manner was not from the beginning of the world till now], neither shall be made.
New Testament for Everyone   
Yes: there’s going to be such great suffering then as has never been since the start of the world until now—no, and won’t ever be again.
Contemporary English Version   
This will be the worst time of suffering since the beginning of the world, and nothing this terrible will ever happen again.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“When the time comes, then, that you see the ‘abomination of desolation’ prophesied by Daniel ‘standing in the sacred place’—the reader should note this—then is the time for those in Judea to escape to the hills. A man on his house-top must not waste time going into his house to collect anything; a man at work in the fields must not go back home to fetch his clothes. Alas for the pregnant, alas for those with tiny babies at that time! Pray God that you may not have to make your escape in the winter or on the Sabbath day, for then there will be great misery, such as has never happened from the beginning of the world until now, and will never happen again! Yes, if those days had not been cut short no human being would survive. But for the sake of God’s people those days are to be shortened.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
Common English Bible © 2011   
There will be great suffering such as the world has never before seen and will never again see.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For at that time there will be a great tribulation (pressure, distress, oppression), such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will [again].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
for at that time there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will be.
New American Standard Bible   
For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will again.
The Expanded Bible   
because at that time there will be much ·trouble [distress; T tribulation]. There will be more ·trouble [distress; T tribulation]. than there has ever been since the beginning of the world until now, and nothing as bad will ever happen again [Dan. 12:1].
Tree of Life Version   
For then there will be great trouble, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.
Revised Standard Version   
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
New International Reader's Version   
There will be terrible suffering in those days. It will be worse than any other from the beginning of the world until now. And there will never be anything like it again.
BRG Bible   
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For there will be trouble then worse than there has ever been from the beginning of the world until now, and there will be nothing like it again!
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
The trouble then will be bigger than any other trouble since God made the world. And there never will be any trouble as big as that.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For at that time there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, and never will be.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For then will be Tzarah Gedolah (Great Tribulation) such as has not been from Reshit HaOlam (Beginning of the World) until now nor will it by any means happen again.
Names of God Bible   
There will be a lot of misery at that time, a kind of misery that has not happened from the beginning of the world until now and will certainly never happen again.
Modern English Version   
For then will be great tribulation, such as has not happened since the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Easy-to-Read Version   
because it will be a time of great trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.
International Children’s Bible   
This is because at that time there will be much trouble. There will be more trouble than has ever happened since the beginning of the world. And nothing as bad as that will ever happen again.
Lexham English Bible   
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.
New International Version - UK   
For then there will be great distress, unequalled from the beginning of the world until now – and never to be equalled again.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For then there will be a great affliction such as has not taken place since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will take place.