Matthew 24:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 24:39 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 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?”
- 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?
- 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.
- Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
- Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- 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.”
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- 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.’”
- 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.
- 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,
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