Matthew 24:40
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.
39 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.
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.
42 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
- KJV
- Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- WEB
- Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left.
- ASV
- Then shall two man be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
- DARBY
- Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;
- BLB
- Then two will be in the field: one is taken, and one is left.
- ÅB
- Da skal to være ute på marken; en blir tatt med, og en blir latt tilbake.
- OTB
- To menn skal være ute på marken; den ene blir tatt med, og den andre blir latt tilbake.
- B1930
- Da skal to være ute på marken; en blir tatt med, og en blir latt tilbake.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 17:34–37
I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
Read in context2 Peter 2:7–9
and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
Read in context2 Peter 2:5
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
Read in context