Matthew 7:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁷ And the [heavy] rains came down and the flood waters rose and the winds blew and struck against that house [until] it collapsed with a terrible crash.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell–and great and complete was the fall of it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The rain fell, the floods came, and the wind blew and beat against that house. It fell and was completely destroyed.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

Matthew 7:27 Cross References

Matthew 7:25

The [heavy] rains came down and the flood waters rose and the winds blew and beat down on that house, but it did not collapse, for it was [built] on a foundation of rock.

Matthew 7:26

And every person who hears these words of mine but does not obey them will be like the foolish person who built his house on [a foundation of] sand.

Matthew 7:28

And so it happened, when Jesus had finished [speaking] these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,

1 Corinthians 3:13

[the quality of] each person’s work will become evident [i.e., for what is it made of]. For the [judgment] day will expose his workmanship. And it will be revealed by the fire [of judgment], which will test the quality of a person’s workmanship [i.e., the faithfulness of his converts].