The Return of the Son of Man
Matthew 24:28
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.
- KJV
- For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- WEB
- For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.or, eagles
- ASV
- Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
- LSV
- for wherever the carcass may be, there the eagles will be gathered together.
- YLT
- for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.
- DBY
- [For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.
- DRC
- Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered together.
- GNV
- For wheresoeuer a dead carkeis is, thither will the Egles be gathered together.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include γὰρ (“for”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ὅπου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὅπου; Robinson–Pierpont add γὰρ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ὅπου ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
- RP2018
- Ὅπου γὰρ ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
- TR-Boyd
- Ὅπου γὰρ ἐὰν ᾖ τὸ πτῶμα, ἐκεῖ συναχθήσονται οἱ ἀετοί.
- SCR1894
- οπου γαρ εαν η το πτωμα εκει συναχθησονται οι αετοι
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Cross-references most cited first
- Luke 17:37“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
- Job 39:27–30Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high? He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag. From there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar. His young ones feast on…
- Amos 9:1–4I 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…
- Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
- Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the…
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