Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Holman Bible
A Conservative Version
And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of man.
American Standard Version
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And the people [i.e., of Noah's day] did not know [when it would happen] until the Flood came and swept them all away. It will be the same way when the presence of the Son of man [arrives].
Anderson New Testament
and knew not, till the flood came and took them all away: so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Bible in Basic English
And they had no care till the waters came and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Common New Testament
and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Daniel Mace New Testament
having no thoughts of the flood till it came, and swept them all away; so shall also the advent of the son of man be.
Darby Translation
and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Godbey New Testament
and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Goodspeed New Testament
and knew nothing about it until the flood came and destroyed them all, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
John Wesley New Testament
And knew not, till the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Julia Smith Translation
And knew not till the inundation came, and took them all away; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man.
King James 2000
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they did not know [anything] until the deluge came and swept [them] all away. So also the coming of the Son of Man will be.
Modern King James verseion
And they did not know until the flood came and took them all away. So also will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and knew of nothing till the flood came and took them all away. So shall also the coming of the son of man be.
Moffatt New Testament
and as they knew nothing till the deluge came and swept them all away; so will the arrival of the Son of man be.
Montgomery New Testament
nor did they know until the deluge came and swept them away; so will be the coming of the son of man.
NET Bible
And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.
New Heart English Bible
and they did not know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Noyes New Testament
and knew not, until the flood came, and took them all away, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
Sawyer New Testament
and knew not till the flood came and took them all away, so shall the coming of the Son of man be.
The Emphasized Bible
And they observed not, until the flood came and took away all together, so, will be, the presence of the Son of Man.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and they knew it not till the deluge came, and swept them all away; such also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Taking not notice till the flood came and swept them one and all away; and so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
Webster
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
Weymouth New Testament
nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
Williams New Testament
and knew nothing about it until the Flood came and swept them all away, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
World English Bible
and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Worrell New Testament
and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
Worsley New Testament
and knew not of it till the deluge came and took them all away; so shall be also the coming of the Son of man.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.
Themes
Antediluvians » Destruction of
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
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
Interlinear
Esomai
References
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
38 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. 39 They were unaware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That's how it will be when the Son of Man comes. 40 At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.
Cross References
Matthew 24:37
because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.
Judges 20:34
As 10,000 of Israel's best soldiers came to fight Gibeah, the battle became fierce, but the army of Benjamin didn't know that disaster was close at hand.
Proverbs 23:35
"They struck me," you will say, "but I never felt it. They beat me, but I never knew it When will I wake up? I want another drink."
Proverbs 24:12
If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous person is concerned about the poor; but the wicked don't understand what they need to know.
Isaiah 42:25
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Isaiah 44:18-19
They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.
Matthew 13:13-15
That's why I speak to them in parables, because "they look but don't see, and they listen but don't hear or understand.'
Luke 19:44
They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."
John 3:20
Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his actions may not be exposed.
Acts 13:41
"Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! Since I am performing an action in your days, one that you would not believe even if someone told you!'"
Romans 1:28
Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.
2 Peter 3:5
But they deliberately ignore the fact that long ago the heavens existed and the earth was formed by God's word out of water and with water,