Matthew 24:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away–so will be the coming of the Son of Man. [Gen. 6:5-8; 7:6-24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.

Common English Bible

³⁹ They didn’t know what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. The coming of the Human One will be like that.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ And they did not realize it, until the flood came and took them all away. So also will the advent of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:39 Cross References

John 3:20

For every person who practices evil things hates the light [of truth] and does not come to it, for fear of having his deeds exposed [as sinful].

Matthew 24:37

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

Acts 13:41

[Hab. 1:5 says], ‘Look, you people who despise [God], and be amazed [at what He can do] and be destroyed [for rejecting Him]; for I [i.e., God] will accomplish such a work during your days that you will not believe [it could happen, even] if someone told you about it.’”

2 Peter 3:5

But, these people intentionally forget that the heavens, which existed long ago, and the earth, which was formed out of water and by water, [were created] by the word of God.

Luke 19:44

They will throw you and your children, [who are] within your walls, to the ground and they will not allow one stone to remain on top of another in your city because you did not recognize that [God was] visiting you.” [Note: This “visitation” refers either to the redemption which they had rejected or to the punishment of the siege and destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70].

Romans 1:28

And since these people refused to acknowledge God, He has allowed [or, abandoned] them to have degraded minds and to practice those things which they should not do.

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 24:3

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 24:40

At that time there will be two men [working] in a field; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord. See I Thess. 4:17], while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord. See II Thess. 1:7-9].