For if people are doing these things [to me] while the [leaves of the] tree are green [i.e., to someone innocent of wrongdoing], what will they do when [the leaves] are dried up [i.e., to the sinful Jews of Jerusalem]?”
Luke 23:30 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Then they will begin to say to the mountains [Hosea 10:8], ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us [up].’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover (conceal, hide) us! American Standard Version (1901) Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. Common English Bible Thenthey will say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’ Catholic Public Domain Version Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall over us,' and to the hills, 'Cover us.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us; and to the hills: Cover us. |
For if people are doing these things [to me] while the [leaves of the] tree are green [i.e., to someone innocent of wrongdoing], what will they do when [the leaves] are dried up [i.e., to the sinful Jews of Jerusalem]?”
And they called out to the mountains, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of God, who sits on His throne, and from the anger of the Lamb. For the terrible day of their anger has come, and who will be able to survive it?”
And in those days people will be looking [i.e., hoping] for death, but they will not find it; and they will want to die, but death will elude them.