Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Mark 13:31 in other translations
| BSB | Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away. |
|---|---|
| WEB | Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. |
| ASV | Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. |
| YLT | the heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. |
| DARBY | The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away. |
| BBE | Heaven and earth will come to an end, but my words will not come to an end. |
| Webster | Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. |
What does Mark 13:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 13:28-37
We have the application of this prophetic sermon. As to the destruction of Jerusalem, expect it to come very shortly. As to the end of the world, do not inquire when it will come, for of that day and that hour knoweth no man. Christ, as God, could not be ignorant of anything; but the Divine wisdom which dwelt in our Saviour, communicated itself to his human soul according to the Divine pleasure. As to both, our duty…
Mark 13:31 in the original Greek
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Mark 13:31
- Isaiah 40:8
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
- Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
- Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Psalms 102:25-27
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
- Hebrews 1:10-12
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
- Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
- Joshua 23:14-15
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
- Zechariah 1:6
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Mark 13:30
Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
- Mark 13:31
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Mark 13:32
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mark 13:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El cielo y la tierra pasarán, mas mis palabras no pasarán. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le ciel et la terre passeront, mais mes paroles ne passeront point. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Himmel und die Erde werden vergehen, meine Worte aber sollen nicht vergehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cælum et terra transibunt, verba autem mea non transibunt. |