1 Thessalonians 5:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
While people are saying, “Peace and security, destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Young's Literal Translation
for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail [doth] her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

King James Bible
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Greek
While
ὅταν (hotan)
Conjunction
Strong's 3752: When, whenever. From hote and an; whenever; also causatively inasmuch as.

[people] are saying,
λέγωσιν (legōsin)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

“Peace
Εἰρήνη (Eirēnē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1515: Probably from a primary verb eiro; peace; by implication, prosperity.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

security,”
ἀσφάλεια (asphaleia)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 803: Safety, security, reliability, firmness. From asphales; security.

destruction
ὄλεθρος (olethros)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3639: Ruin, doom, destruction, death. From a primary ollumi; ruin, i.e. Death, punishment.

will come
ἐφίσταται (ephistatai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2186: To stand by, be urgent, befall one (as of evil), be at hand, impend. From epi and histemi; to stand upon, i.e. Be present.

upon them
αὐτοῖς (autois)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

suddenly,
αἰφνίδιος (aiphnidios)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 160: Unexpected, sudden. From a compound of a and phaino; unexpected, i.e. suddenly.

like
ὥσπερ (hōsper)
Adverb
Strong's 5618: Just as, as, even as. From hos and per; just as, i.e. Exactly like.

labor pains
ὠδὶν (ōdin)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5604: The pain of childbirth, acute pain, severe agony, a snare. Akin to odune; a pang or throe, especially of childbirth.

on
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

a pregnant woman,
ἐχούσῃ (echousē)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

they will not escape.
ἐκφύγωσιν (ekphygōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1628: To flee out, away, escape; with an acc: I escape something. From ek and pheugo; to flee out.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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