Luke 17 · Verse 26

Luke 17:26

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Luke 17:26, King James Version

Luke 17:26 in other translations

BSBJust as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
WEBAs it was in the days of Noah, even so it will also be in the days of the Son of Man.
ASVAnd as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
YLT‘And, as it came to pass in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of Man;
DARBYAnd as it took place in the days of Noe, thus also shall it be in the days of the Son of man:
BBEAnd as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.
WebsterAnd as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

What does Luke 17:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 17:26-30
26-30. eat ... married ... planted--all the ordinary occupations and enjoyments of life. Though the antediluvian world and the cities of the plain were awfully wicked, it is not their wickedness, but their worldliness, their unbelief and indifference to the future, their unpreparedness, that is here held up as a warning. Note.--These recorded events of Old Testament history--denied or explained away nowadays by not a few--are referred to here as facts.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verses 26,27. Mt 24:37 also Mt 24:38-39

(t) "in the days" Gen 7:11,23

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 As it was in the days of Noe - See on Mat 24:38 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 17:20-37

The kingdom of God was among the Jews, or rather within some of them. It was a spiritual kingdom, set up in the heart by the power of Divine grace. Observe how it had been with sinners formerly, and in what state the judgments of God, which they had been warned of, found them. Here is shown what a dreadful surprise this destruction will be to the secure and sensual. Thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is…

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Luke 17:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
καθὼςkathōseven asG2531
ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passG1096
ἐνeninG1722
ταῖςtaistheG3588
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysG2250
Νῶε,Nōeof Noah,G3575
οὕτωςhoutōsthusG3779
ἔσταιestaiwill it beG1510
καὶkaialsoG2532
ἐνeninG1722
ταῖςtaistheG3588
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysG2250
τοῦtouof theG3588
υἱοῦhuiouSonG5207
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἀνθρώπου·anthrōpouof man:G444

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Cross references for Luke 17:26

  • Matthew 24:37-39

    But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 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, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

  • Luke 17:24

    For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.

  • Genesis 7:7-23

    And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. …

  • Luke 17:22

    And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

  • 1 Peter 3:19-20

    By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Genesis 6:5

    And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

  • 2 Peter 3:6

    Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • Job 22:15-18

    Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Genesis 6:7

    And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  • Luke 18:8

    I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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as.
Ge 7:7-23
Noah.
Job 22:15-18; Mt 24:37-39; Heb 11:7; 1Pe 3:19,20; 2Pe 2:5; 3:6
the days of the Son.
22,24; 18:8

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Context

  • Luke 17:25

    But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.

  • Luke 17:26

    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • Luke 17:27

    They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

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Luke 17:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como fué en los días de Noé, así también será en los días del Hijo del hombre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et comme il arriva aux jours de Noé, ainsi en sera-t-il aux jours du fils de l’homme aussi:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und gleichwie es in den Tagen Noahs geschah, also wird es auch sein in den Tagen des Sohnes des Menschen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sicut factum est in diebus Noë, ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis: