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Luke 17:37

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35 Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.”

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
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BSB
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
KJV
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.
WEB
They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there the vultures will also be gathered together.”
ASV
And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
DARBY
And answering they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body [is], there the eagles will be gathered together.
BLB
And answering, they say to Him, “Where, Lord?” And He said to them, “Where the body [is], there also the vultures will be gathered together.”
ÅB
Da svarte de og sa til ham: Hvor, Herre? Han sa til dem: Hvor åtselet er, der skal ørnene samles.
OTB
"Hvor, Herre?" spurte de. Han svarte: "Der hvor det er et lik, der vil gribbene samles."
B1930
Da svarte de og sa til ham: Hvor, Herre? Han sa til dem: Hvor åtselet er, der skal ørnene samles.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 24:28

    Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

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  • Job 39:29–30

    From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.

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  • Zechariah 13:8–9

    And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.

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  • Revelation 19:17–18

    Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,

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  • Amos 9:1–4

    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

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  • Zechariah 14:2

    For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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  • Daniel 9:26–27

    Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.

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