Other translations
American Standard Version
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Darby Bible Translation
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Alas, for that day is great, neither is there the like to it; and it Is the time of tribulation to Jacob, but he shall be saved out of it.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
God's Word
How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
How awful that day will be! There will be none like it! It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be delivered out of it.
International Standard Version
Oh how terrible! That time will be worse than any like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be rescued from it.
NET Bible
Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it.
New American Standard Bible
'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it.
New International Version
How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
New Living Translation
In all history there has never been such a time of terror. It will be a time of trouble for my people Israel. Yet in the end they will be saved!
Webster's Bible Translation
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
The World English Bible
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
EasyEnglish Bible
It will be a time of terrible trouble, worse than anything that has happened before. It will be a time of great trouble for Jacob's descendants. But I will rescue them from their trouble.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
Wo! for great [is] that day, without any like it, Yea, a time of adversity it [is] to Jacob, Yet out of it he is saved.
New Life Version
That day will be very bad! There is none like it. It is the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he will be saved out of it.
The Voice Bible
I will tell you why: for that great and awesome day is like no other. It will be a time of suffering for Jacob’s descendants; still they will be rescued from it.
Living Bible
Alas, in all history when has there ever been a time of terror such as in that coming day? It is a time of trouble for my people—for Jacob—such as they have never known before. Yet God will rescue them!
New Catholic Bible
How frightening that day will be! There will be none like it. It will be a time of anguish for Jacob, although he will be saved from it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Alas! For that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, But he will be saved from it.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Christian Standard Bible
How awful that day will be! There will be no other like it! It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Alas! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob’s [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it.
New Century Version
This will be a terrible day! There will never be another time like this. This is a time of great trouble for the people of Jacob, but they will be saved from it.”
The Message
“God’s Message: “‘Cries of panic are being heard. The peace has been shattered. Ask around! Look around! Can men bear babies? So why do I see all these he-men holding their bellies like women in labor, Faces contorted, pale as death? The blackest of days, no day like it ever! A time of deep trouble for Jacob— but he’ll come out of it alive.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
That day is so terrible that there is none like it! It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be rescued from it.
Good News Translation®
A terrible day is coming; no other day can compare with it— a time of distress for my people, but they will survive.”
Wycliffe Bible
Woe! for that day is great, neither any is like it; and it is a time of tribulation to Jacob, and (out) of him [he] shall be saved. (Woe! for that day is great, and nothing is like it; and it is a time of trouble for Jacob, but he shall be saved out of it.)
Contemporary English Version
My people, soon you will suffer worse than ever before, but I will save you.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be rescued from it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be rescued from it.
Common English Bible © 2011
That day is awful, beyond words. A time of unspeakable pain for my people Jacob. But they will be delivered from it.
Amplified Bible © 2015
‘Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; It is the time of Jacob’s [unequaled] trouble, But he will be saved from it.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Alas! That day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ah! How mighty is that day— there is none like it! A time of distress for Jacob, though he shall be saved from it.
New American Standard Bible
Woe, for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob’s distress, Yet he will be saved from it.
The Expanded Bible
This will be a ·terrible [L great] day! There will never be another time like this. This is a time of ·great trouble [distress] for the people of Jacob, but they will be ·saved [rescued] from it.”
Tree of Life Version
Oy! For that day is monumental. There will be none like it— a time of trouble for Jacob! Yet out of it he will be saved.
Revised Standard Version
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be saved out of it.
New International Reader's Version
How awful that day will be! No other day will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved out of it.
BRG Bible
Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Complete Jewish Bible
How dreadful that day will be! — there has never been one like it: a time of trouble for Ya‘akov, but out of it he will be saved.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Alas! that day is so great there is none like it; it is a time of distress for Jacob; yet he shall be rescued from it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Alas! For gadol hayom, so that none is like it; it is even the Et (Time) of Tzarah l’Ya’akov (Jacob’s Trouble), but he shall be saved out of it.
Names of God Bible
How terrible that day will be! There will be no other day like it. It will be a time of calamity for the descendants of Jacob, but they will be rescued from it.
Modern English Version
Alas! for that day is great, so that no one is like it; it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Easy-to-Read Version
“This is a very important time for Jacob. This is a time of great trouble. There will never be another time like this, but Jacob will be saved.
International Children’s Bible
This will be a terrible day! There will never be another time like this. This is a time of great trouble for the people of Jacob. But they will be saved from it.”
Lexham English Bible
Alas! For that day is great, there is none like it. And it is a time of distress for Jacob, yet from it he will be delivered.
New International Version - UK
How awful that day will be! No other will be like it. It will be a time of trouble for Jacob, but he will be saved out of it.