Matthew 24:39 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁹ and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Matthew 24:39 Cross References

Genesis 7:23

He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

Proverbs 23:35

“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not requite man according to his work?

Proverbs 29:7

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Isaiah 42:25

So he poured upon him the heat of his anger and the might of battle; it set him on fire round about, but he did not understand; it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.

Matthew 24:3

As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the close of the age?”

Matthew 24:30

then will appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory;

Matthew 24:37

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

Matthew 24:40

Then two men will be in the field; one is taken and one is left.

Luke 19:44

and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation.”

John 3:20

For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

Acts 13:41

‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I do a deed in your days, a deed you will never believe, if one declares it to you.’ ”

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct.

2 Peter 3:5

They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water,

Judges 20:34

And there came against Gibe-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.