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NASB					1 Thess 5:3 While³⁷⁵² they are saying³⁰⁰⁴, "^APeace¹⁵¹⁵ and safety⁸⁰³!" then⁵¹¹⁹ ¹ ^Bdestruction³⁶³⁹ ²will come²¹⁸⁶ upon them suddenly¹⁶⁰ like⁵⁶¹⁸ ^Clabor⁵⁶⁰⁴ pains⁵⁶⁰⁴ upon a woman with child¹⁷²²^,¹⁰⁶⁴, and they will not escape¹⁶²⁸.
AMPLIFIED 2015					1 Thess 5:3 While they are saying, "Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]" then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Or sudden destruction

Lit comes upon

NASB Cross References:
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Jer 6:14 "They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially,
Saying, 'Peace, peace,'
But there is no peace.

2 Thess 1:9 These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,

John 16:21 "Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

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Greek Heb.

160

aiphnidios; from aiphnês (suddenly); sudden:--suddenly(2).

803

asphaleia; from 804; certainty, security:--exact truth(1), safety(1), securely(1).

1064

gastêr; of unc. or.; the belly:--child*(4), gluttons(1), pregnant(3), womb(1).

1515

eirênê; of unc. der., perh. from eirô (to join): lit. or fig. peace, by impl. welfare:--peace(91), undisturbed*(1).

1628

ekpheugô; from 1537 and 5343; to flee away:--escape(5), escaped(2), fled(1).

1722

en; a prim. prep. denoting position and by impl. instrumentality; in, on, at, by, with:--about(3), afterwards*(2), along(1), amid(1), among(124), among*(4), because(3), before(1), before*(3), besides(1), between*(1), case(2), child*(4), circumstance(1), circumstances(1), conscious*(1), death*(1), during(7), earnestly*(1), free*(1), had(1), here*(2), how*(1), means(1), outwardly*(1), over(1), there*(2), through(18), throughout(4), together(1), under(5), under...circumstances(1), undisturbed*(1), until*(1), way(4), when(19), when*(3), where*(2), while(19), while*(3), within(14), within*(1).

2186

ephistêmi; from 1909 and 2476; to set upon, set up, to stand upon, be present:--appeared(3), attacking(1), came(5), come(3), confronted(1), ready(1), set(1), standing(2), standing near(1), stood(1), stood before(1), stood near(1).

3004

legô; a prim. vb.; to say:--addressing(1), agree*(1), ask(1), asked(3), asking(4), bring charges(1), call(8), called(34), calling(1), calls(3), claimed(1), claiming(2), command(3), designated(1), follows(1), give(1), gives(1), greeted*(1), made(1), mean(2), means(3), meant(1), mention(1), named(3), ordered(2), quote(1), referred(1), remarking(1), said(1086), say(364), saying(440), says(102), shouting(1), so-called(3), speak(22), speaking(17), speaks(6), spoke(18), spoken(26), stated(1), stating(2), talking(5), tell(71), telling(18), thing spoken(1), things spoken(1), thought(1), told(35), using(1).

3639

olethros; from ollumi (to destroy); destruction, death:--destroyed(1), destruction(3), ruin(1).

3752

hotan; from 3753 and 302; whenever:--after(2), soon*(1), until*(1), when(107), whenever(9), while(2).

5119

tote; from the neut. of 3588 and 3753; then, at that time:--then(146), time(10).

5604

ôdin; akin to 3601; a birth pang:--agony(1), birth pangs(2), labor pains(1).

5618

hôsper; from 5613 and 4007a; just as, even as:--indeed(1), just(13), just like(3), like(4).

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