Matthew 24:39
37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
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- BSB
- And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- KJV
- And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- WEB
- and they didn’t know until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- ASV
- and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
- DARBY
- and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.
- BLB
- And they did not know until the flood came and took away all. So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- ÅB
- Og de visste ikke av før vannflommen kom og tok dem alle. Slik skal Menneskesønnens komme også være.
- OTB
- og de visste ingenting før flommen kom og tok dem alle bort. Slik skal det også være ved Menneskesønnens komme.
- B1930
- og de visste ikke av før vannflommen kom og tok dem alle, således skal også Menneskesønnens komme være.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Read in contextMatthew 24:37
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
Read in contextActs 13:41
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
Read in contextIsaiah 44:18–19
They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Read in contextProverbs 24:12
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Read in context2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
Read in contextProverbs 29:7
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
Read in contextIsaiah 42:25
So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
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