Parallel Verses
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
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.
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
For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
39
Cross References
Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Judges 20:34
And ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel came against Gibeah, and the battle was sore; but they did not know that evil was near them.
Proverbs 23:35
They have stricken me, thou shalt say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not; when I shall awake, I will seek it yet again.
Proverbs 24:12
if thou should say, Behold, we knew it not; shall not he that weighs the hearts understand it? and he that keeps thy soul, does he not know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous considers the cause of the poor, but the wicked does not understand wisdom.
Isaiah 42:25
Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger and the strength of battle; he put fire round about him, yet he was careless; and it set him on fire, yet he did not lay it to heart.
Isaiah 44:18-19
They did not know nor understand; for he has anointed their eyes that they not see and their hearts that they not understand.
Matthew 13:13-15
Therefore, I speak to them in parables because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Luke 19:44
and shall cast thee down to the ground and thy children within thee, and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
John 3:20
For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Acts 13:41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish, for I do a work in your days, a work which ye would in no wise believe, if one should declare it unto you.
Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a perverse understanding, to do those things which are not convenient,
2 Peter 3:5
Of course, they willingly ignore that the heavens were created of old and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, by the word of God;