Luke 21:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

Common English Bible

²⁰ “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then you will know that its destruction is close at hand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Then, when you will have seen Jerusalem encircled by an army, know then that its desolation has drawn near.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army; then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Luke 21:20 Cross References

Daniel 9:27

He shall make a strong covenant with many for one week, and for half of the week he shall make sacrifice and offering cease, and in their place shall be a desolating sacrilege until the decreed end is poured out upon the desolator.”

Matthew 24:15

“So when you see the desolating sacrilege, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

Mark 13:14

“But when you see the desolating sacrilege set up where it ought not to be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains;

Luke 19:43

Indeed, the days will come upon you when your enemies will set up ramparts around you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

Luke 21:7

They asked him, “Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?”

Hebrews 11:30

By faith the walls of Jericho fell after they had been encircled for seven days.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,