Luke 16:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away [i.e., to be destroyed. See II Pet. 3:3], than for one portion of a letter of the Law of Moses to be dropped. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176917 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition17 Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall. See the chapterCommon English Bible17 It’s easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the smallest stroke of a pen in the Law to drop out. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one dot of the law to fall away. See the chapter |
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief [i.e., unexpectedly]. At that time the heavens will pass away with a loud noise and the elements [Note: This refers either to the heavenly bodies or to the material components of the universe], will be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and its works [i.e., its activities] will be burned up. [Note: Some translations render this phrase as it is in some ancient manuscripts, “will be disclosed,” or “will be laid bare”].