Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout,
New American Standard Bible
For the Lord
King James Version
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
International Standard Version
With a shout of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of God's trumpet, the Lord himself will come down from heaven, and the dead who belong to the Messiah will rise first.
A Conservative Version
Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of the arch-agent, and with a trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first,
American Standard Version
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
Amplified
For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the
An Understandable Version
For the Lord Himself [i.e., Jesus] will come down from heaven with a commanding shout [Note: This probably refers to Jesus' voice. See John 5:25, 28], [and] with the archangel's voice [i.e., Michael. See Jude 9] and with the sound of God's trumpet; [at this] the dead in [fellowship with] Christ will rise [from the dead] first.
Anderson New Testament
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall arise first;
Bible in Basic English
Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;
Common New Testament
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and by the voice of the archangel, with the trumpet of God, resound the summons: they who died christians shall rise first:
Darby Translation
for the Lord himself, with an assembling shout, with archangel's voice and with trump of God, shall descend from heaven; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
Godbey New Testament
because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
Goodspeed New Testament
For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise;
John Wesley New Testament
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Julia Smith Translation
For the Lord himself in the word of command, in the voice of the archangel, shall descend from heaven: and the dead in Christ shall be raised first:
King James 2000
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Modern King James verseion
For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel, and trump of God. And the dead in Christ shall arise first:
Moffatt New Testament
The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, when the archangel calls and the trumpet of God sounds; the dead in Christ will rise first;
Montgomery New Testament
For the Lord himself with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God will descend from heaven. Then the dead in Christ will rise first.
NET Bible
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
New Heart English Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Noyes New Testament
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a loud summons, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first;
Sawyer New Testament
for the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,
The Emphasized Bible
Because, the Lord himself, with a word of command, with a chief-messenger's voice, and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven, - and, the dead in Christ, shall rise, first,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Twentieth Century New Testament
For, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from Heaven.
Webster
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Weymouth New Testament
For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Williams New Testament
For the Lord Himself, at the summons sounded by the archangel's call and by God's trumpet, will come down from heaven, and first of all the dead in union with Christ will rise,
World English Bible
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
Worrell New Testament
because the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven, with a shout, with a voice of an archangel, and with a trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
Worsley New Testament
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with acclamation, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
Youngs Literal Translation
because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,
Themes
Angels » Are of different orders
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Who the lord will come with
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Who
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Who shall be resurrected when the lord comes
The Dead » Resurrection of » Promises concerning
The Dead » Resurrection of » Select readings
the Death of saints » Survivors consoled for
Resurrection » Promises concerning
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Rise first
Rewards at advent » Bestowed upon believers » Glory with the king
Second coming of Christ » Rewards at, bestowed upon believers » Glory with the king
The second coming of Christ » The manner of » With a shout and the voice of the archangel, &c
The second coming of Christ » They who shall have died in Christ shall rise first at
the future » Rewards at, bestowed upon believers » Glory with the king
Trumpet » Sounding of, illustrative of » God's power to raise the dead
Topics
Interlinear
Katabaino
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ἐν
En
ἐν
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in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128
Usage: 2128
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Devotionals containing 1 Thessalonians 4:16
References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Prayers for 1 Thessalonians 4:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Comfort Of The Lord's Return
15
For we say this to you by a revelation from the Lord:
Phrases
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own order:
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to reward with rest you who are afflicted, along with us. This will take place at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His powerful angels,
Matthew 16:27
Acts 1:11
They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”
Revelation 1:7
and every eye will see Him,
including those who pierced
And all the families of the earth
will mourn over Him.
This is certain. Amen.
Psalm 47:5
the Lord, among the sound of trumpets.
Isaiah 27:13
a great trumpet
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.
Zechariah 9:14
and His arrow will fly like lightning.
The Lord God will sound the trumpet
and advance with the southern storms.
1 Corinthians 15:51-52
Listen! I am telling you a mystery:
but we will all be changed,
2 Thessalonians 2:1
Now concerning the coming
Jude 1:9
Yet Michael
Exodus 20:18
All the people witnessed
Numbers 23:21
He sees no trouble for Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and there is rejoicing over the King among them.
Psalm 47:1
For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
shout to God with a jubilant cry.
Isaiah 25:8-9
The Lord God will wipe away the tears
from every face
and remove His people’s disgrace
from the whole earth,
for the Lord has spoken.
Joel 2:11
in the presence of His army.
His camp is very large;
Those who carry out His command are powerful.
Indeed, the Day of the Lord is terrible and dreadful
who can endure it?
Zechariah 4:7
‘What are you, great mountain?
Zechariah 9:9
Shout in triumph, Daughter Jerusalem!
Look, your King is coming to you;
He is righteous and victorious,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Matthew 24:30-31
Matthew 25:31
Matthew 26:64
2 Peter 3:10
But the Day of the Lord
Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit
Revelation 8:13
I looked again and heard an eagle
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”
“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”
Revelation 20:5-6
The rest of the dead did not come to life until the 1,000 years were completed. This is the first resurrection.