Matthew 24:37 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁷ As it was during the days of Noah, so it will be when the presence of the Son of man [arrives].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Common English Bible

³⁷ As it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Human One.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ And just as in the days of Noah, so also will be the advent of the Son of man.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁷ And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:37 Cross References

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man will return in the splendor of His Father, accompanied by His angels. Then He will reward or punish every person in proportion to what he has done [with his life].

Matthew 24:27

For just like lightning that appears in the east can be seen even in the west, so it will be with the presence [i.e., coming] of the Son of man.

Matthew 24:3

And as He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, His disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things [you just spoke of] happen? And what will be the sign that indicates your presence and the end of the [present] age?”

Matthew 24:30

Then the sign [i.e., signifying the coming] of the Son of man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will be stricken with grief as they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of the sky [See Acts 1:9-11] with power and great splendor.

Matthew 24:39

And the people [i.e., of Noah’s day] did not know [when it would happen] until the Flood came and swept them all away. It will be the same way when the presence of the Son of man [arrives].

Hebrews 11:7

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.

2 Peter 2:5

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);

2 Peter 3:6

[And] it was by water that the world, which existed at that time, perished in a great flood [of Noah’s day]!