Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; New Living Translation In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. English Standard Version For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, Berean Standard Bible For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Berean Literal Bible For as in those days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until that day Noah entered into the ark, King James Bible 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, New King James Version 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, New American Standard Bible For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, NASB 1995 “For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, NASB 1977 “For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, they were marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, Legacy Standard Bible For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, Amplified Bible For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark, Christian Standard Bible For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded the ark. Holman Christian Standard Bible For in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah boarded 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, Aramaic Bible in Plain English For just as they were eating and drinking before the flood, and they were taking wives, and they were taking husbands, until the day that Noah entered the ark, Contemporary English Version People were eating, drinking, and getting married right up to the day the flood came and Noah went into the big boat. Douay-Rheims Bible For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark, English Revised 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, GOD'S WORD® Translation In the days before the flood, people were eating, drinking, and getting married until the day that Noah went into the ship. Good News Translation In the days before the flood people ate and drank, men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat; 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. Literal Standard Version for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the Ark, Majority Standard Bible For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. New American Bible In [those] days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day that 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 Revised Standard Version For as in those days before the flood they 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 before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the box-shaped vessel, Webster's Bible Translation 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, 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, Young's 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Readiness at Any Hour…37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. 39And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.… Cross References Genesis 7:7 And Noah and his wife, with his sons and their wives, entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. Genesis 7:23 And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed--man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained. Matthew 22:30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. Luke 17:27 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Treasury of Scripture 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, they. Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. 1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light… 1 Samuel 30:16,17 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah… Jump to Previous Ark Busy Deluge Drinking Eating Entered Feasting Flood Getting Marriage Married Marrying Noah Noe Overflowing Ship Time Waters WivesJump to Next Ark Busy Deluge Drinking Eating Entered Feasting Flood Getting Marriage Married Marrying Noah Noe Overflowing Ship Time Waters WivesMatthew 24 1. Jesus foretells the destruction of the temple;3. what and how great calamities shall be before it; 29. the signs of his coming to judgment. 36. And because that day and hour are unknown, 42. we ought to watch like good servants, expecting our Master's coming. Verse 38. - They were eating, etc. The Lord describes the reckless way in which men went on their usual course, pursued their pleasures and avocations, with the doom. hanging over them, in spite of the warning given. The word for "eating" (τρώγοντες) implies the idea of gnawing food greedily like an animal, hence eating gluttonously. They had learned to drink to excess long before Lot's time (Genesis 9:20, 21). The periphrastic form of expression, η΅σαν τρώγοντες... πίνοντες, denotes not a single act, but habitude. Until the day. Though they had watched Noah building the ark, and heard him preach righteousness for many a year, they took no heed. It must be observed that Christ here confirms the historical accuracy of this episode in Genesis. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the ταῖς (tais) Article - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. days ἡμέραις (hēmerais) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. before πρὸ (pro) Preposition Strong's 4253: A primary preposition; 'fore', i.e. In front of, prior to. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. flood, κατακλυσμοῦ (kataklysmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2627: A deluge, flood. From katakluzo; an inundation. [people] were ἦσαν (ēsan) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. eating τρώγοντες (trōgontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 5176: To eat, partake of a meal. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. drinking, πίνοντες (pinontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4095: To drink, imbibe. A prolonged form of pio, which poo occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses; to imbibe. marrying γαμοῦντες (gamountes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1060: To marry, used of either sex. From gamos; to wed. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. giving in marriage, γαμίζοντες (gamizontes) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1061: To give in marriage. From gamos; to espouse. up to ἄχρι (achri) Preposition Strong's 891: As far as, up to, until, during. Or achris akh'-rece; akin to akron; until or up to. the ἧς (hēs) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. day ἡμέρας (hēmeras) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. Noah Νῶε (Nōe) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3575: (Hebrew) Noah. Of Hebrew origin; Noe, a patriarch. entered εἰσῆλθεν (eisēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. ark. κιβωτόν (kibōton) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2787: A box, i.e. The sacred ark and that of Noah. Links Matthew 24:38 NIVMatthew 24:38 NLT Matthew 24:38 ESV Matthew 24:38 NASB Matthew 24:38 KJV Matthew 24:38 BibleApps.com Matthew 24:38 Biblia Paralela Matthew 24:38 Chinese Bible Matthew 24:38 French Bible Matthew 24:38 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 24:38 For as in those days which were (Matt. Mat Mt) |