Mark 13:8

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings of sorrows.

BSB

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

WEB

For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginning of birth pains.

YLT

for nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles; beginnings of sorrows are these.

F.O.G Original

(8) Because nation will rise up against nation, empire against empire, earthquakes in diverse places and famines. This is the beginning of birth pains (travails).

F.O.G

(8) Because nation will rise up against nation, empire against empire, earthquakes in diverse places and famines. This is the beginning of birth pains (travails).

F.O.G MSG

⁸Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines will strike. These are just the beginning of birth painsᵃ—the real labor is still ahead.

Footnotes:

⁸ᵃ Birth pains: Jesus uses the metaphor of childbirth to describe increasing intensity and frequency of troubles leading up to the end times, just as labor pains intensify before delivery.