Luke 17:37 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁷ And they asked Jesus, “Where [will this happen], Lord?” And He answered them, “Wherever there is a [dead] body [you will see] vultures gathered there also.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ Then they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures or eagles be gathered together.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

Common English Bible

³⁷ The disciples asked, “Where, Lord?” Jesus said, “The vultures gather wherever there’s a dead body.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And he said to them, "Wherever the body will be, in that place also, the eagles shall be gathered together."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

Luke 17:37 Cross References

Matthew 24:28

Wherever there is a dead body, [you can expect to see] vultures gathered there. [Note: This may mean that such a significant event as the coming of Christ would surely not go unnoticed].

1 Thessalonians 2:16

for they [even] try to prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles, so that they can be saved. [In doing this] they are always piling up one sin on another. But the wrath [of God] has come upon them at last [or, “completely”].