Luke 17:26 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) “And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of man. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [just] as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of Man. American Standard Version (1901) And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. Common English Bible “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be during the days of the Human One. Catholic Public Domain Version And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. |
Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of man [i.e., the time when the Messiah would deliver His people from tribulation], but you will not see it [i.e., such deliverance would not occur during their lifetimes].
For the Son of man [will come] in His day just like lightning which flashes from one part of the sky and lights up the other part.
People were eating and drinking and [men were] marrying and [women] were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day that Noah entered the ship and the Flood came and drowned them all.
“But which of you, whose slave is plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come and sit right down to eat’?
I tell you, He will grant justice to them quickly. However, will the Son of man find [very many] believing people on the earth when He returns?”
By [having] faith, when Noah was warned [by God] about conditions that had not yet been seen [i.e., regarding events of the coming Flood], he acted out of reverent concern [for God] by constructing a ship to save [i.e., rescue] his household [from the Flood waters]. By this [i.e., his faith which led to action], Noah condemned the world and inherited righteousness because of his faith.
and if He did not spare the ancient world of Noah’s day, when He brought a flood on those ungodly people (though Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven other people, were saved from it);
[And] it was by water that the world, which existed at that time, perished in a great flood [of Noah’s day]!