Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
In those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark.
A Conservative Version
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until that day Noah entered into the ark.
American Standard Version
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For in those days before the Flood, people were eating and drinking [i.e., partaking of ordinary meals], men were getting married and women were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day Noah entered the ship.
Anderson New Testament
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day in which Noah entered the ark,
Bible in Basic English
Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,
Common New Testament
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,
Daniel Mace New Testament
for as at the time that usher'd in the deluge, they were eating and drinking, marrying themselves and their children, till the day that Noe entred into the ark,
Darby Translation
For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
Godbey New Testament
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noah entered into the ark,
Goodspeed New Testament
For just as in those days before the flood people were eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,
John Wesley New Testament
For as in the days that were benore the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark.
Julia Smith Translation
For as they were in the days of the inundation, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noe came into the ark,
King James 2000
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Lexham Expanded Bible
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.
Modern King James verseion
For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship,
Moffatt New Testament
For as in the days before the deluge people ate and drank, married and were married, till the day Noah entered the ark;
Montgomery New Testament
For just as in the days before the deluge they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the very day when Noah entered the ark,
NET Bible
For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
New Heart English Bible
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
Noyes New Testament
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark,
Sawyer New Testament
For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day that Noah entered the ark,
The Emphasized Bible
For, as they were in those days that were before the flood, feeding and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, - until the day Noah entered into the ark;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For as they were in the days preceding the deluge, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Twentieth Century New Testament
In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
Webster
For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Weymouth New Testament
At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
Williams New Testament
For just as in the days before the Flood people went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, until the very day Noah entered the ark,
World English Bible
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
Worrell New Testament
For, as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
Worsley New Testament
for as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, till the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Themes
Antediluvians » Destruction of
Ark » Noah's » Noah and family preserved in
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the days will be like when the lord comes
the Deluge » Illustrative » (unexpectedness of,) of suddenness of Christ's coming
the Deluge » Came suddenly and unexpectedly
End of the world » What events signal the end of the world
Jews, the » Their house left desolate
Noah » Son of lamech » Builds an ark (ship) and saves his family from the great flood
The second coming of Christ » The wicked » Shall be surprised by
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Deludes men into a state of false security
Topics
Interlinear
εἰσέρχομαι
Eiserchomai
Usage: 120
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
37 and as the days of Noah -- so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; 38 for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
Cross References
Matthew 22:30
for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.
Genesis 6:2
and sons of God see the daughters of men that they are fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.
Genesis 7:7
And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge;
1 Samuel 25:36-38
And Abigail cometh in unto Nabal, and lo, he hath a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, and the heart of Nabal is glad within him, and he is drunk unto excess, and she hath not declared to him anything, less or more, till the light of the morning.
1 Samuel 30:16-17
And he bringeth him down, and lo, they are spread out over the face of all the earth, eating, and drinking, and feasting, with all the great spoil which they have taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Lo, this hath been the iniquity of Sodom thy sister, Arrogancy, fulness of bread, and quiet ease, Have been to her and to her daughters, And the hand of the afflicted and needy She hath not strengthened.
Amos 6:3-6
Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,
Luke 12:19
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 12:45
'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;
Luke 14:18-20
'And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.
Luke 17:26-28
'And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;
Luke 21:34
'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
Romans 13:13-14
as in day-time, let us walk becomingly; not in revellings and drunkennesses, not in chamberings and lasciviousnesses, not in strife and emulation;
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;