1 Thessalonians 4:16 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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:
American Standard Version (ASV)
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;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
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;
World English Bible (WEB)
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,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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,
| For | ὅτι | hoti | OH-tee |
| the | αὐτὸς | autos | af-TOSE |
| Lord | ὁ | ho | oh |
| himself | κύριος | kyrios | KYOO-ree-ose |
| shall descend | ἐν | en | ane |
| from | κελεύσματι | keleusmati | kay-LAYF-sma-tee |
| heaven | ἐν | en | ane |
| with | φωνῇ | phōnē | foh-NAY |
| a shout, | ἀρχαγγέλου | archangelou | ar-hahng-GAY-loo |
| with | καὶ | kai | kay |
| the voice | ἐν | en | ane |
| archangel, the of | σάλπιγγι | salpingi | SAHL-peeng-gee |
| and | θεοῦ | theou | thay-OO |
| with | καταβήσεται | katabēsetai | ka-ta-VAY-say-tay |
| the trump | ἀπ' | ap | ap |
| of God: | οὐρανοῦ | ouranou | oo-ra-NOO |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| the | οἱ | hoi | oo |
| dead | νεκροὶ | nekroi | nay-KROO |
| in | ἐν | en | ane |
| Christ | Χριστῷ | christō | hree-STOH |
| shall rise | ἀναστήσονται | anastēsontai | ah-na-STAY-sone-tay |
| first: | πρῶτον | prōton | PROH-tone |