Like/as
Hi, everyone

In the Holy Bible, there's a widely known, extremely important verse the reads like this: "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Matthew 24:21)

I'd like to know if it would be grammatically correct to use "as" or "like" instead of "such as", and add the word "there". Example: "For then there will be great tribulation, LIKE/AS THERE has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be."

Thank you very much!

Question

Like/as
Hi, everyone

In the Holy Bible, there's a widely known, extremely important verse the reads like this: "For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be." (Matthew 24:21)

I'd like to know if it would be grammatically correct to use "as" or "like" instead of "such as", and add the word "there". Example: "For then there will be great tribulation, LIKE/AS THERE has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be."

Thank you very much!

Answer

Yes. Both work. Like is very informal. It isn't used in flowery, formal or technical writing. It would clash stylistically. "As has not been seen" dropping such works perfectly.

I would remove THERE.

"Such [tribulation] has not been seen..."
"The like of which has not been seen.." = formal and matches mood/style better
"Like we have not seen.." = informal

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Thank you!! But does it sound odd to say "as/like"? here?

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I would personally use "which has never been seen".

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