37 As it was in the days of Noah,(A) so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,(B) up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.(C)

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

38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

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

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37 because just as it was in Noah’s time, so it will be when the Son of Man comes. 38 In those days before the flood, people[a] were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage right up to the day when Noah went into the ark. 39 They were unaware of what was happening[b] until the flood came and swept all of them away. That’s how it will be when the Son of Man appears.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 24:38 Lit. they
  2. Matthew 24:39 The Gk. lacks of what was happening