King James Version
Matthew 24:19 in the King James Version says “And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!”
Matthew 24:19 · KJV
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“unto them that are”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“days”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
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