Readiness at Any Hour
Matthew 24:39
In 9 translations
- 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.
- LSV
- and they did not know until the flood came and took all away, so will also be the coming of the Son of Man.
- YLT
- and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
- DBY
- and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.
- DRC
- And they knew not till the flood came, and took them all away; so also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
- GNV
- And knewe nothing, till the flood came, and tooke them all away, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
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- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“also”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
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- SBLGNT: καὶ. Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, the Greek text behind the NIV omit this wording.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
- RP2018
- καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, ἕως ἦλθεν ὁ κατακλυσμὸς καὶ ἦρεν ἅπαντας, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
- SCR1894
- και ουκ εγνωσαν εως ηλθεν ο κατακλυσμος και ηρεν απαντας ουτως εσται και η παρουσια του υιου του ανθρωπου
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Matthew, Gospel according toFloodOlves, Mount ofAntediluviansMillennium, Premillennial ViewDesire of All NationsEarthDeluge, TheWorldlinessProvidence
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Cross-references most cited first
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Acts 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.’”
- Isaiah 44:18–19They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I…
- Proverbs 24:12If 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?
- 2 Peter 3:5But 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,
- Proverbs 29:7The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Isaiah 42:25So 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.
- Judges 20:34Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
- Luke 19:44They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Matthew 13:13–15This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’ In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;…
- Proverbs 23:35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).