Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luke 17:29 in other translations
| BSB | But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. |
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| WEB | but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from the sky and destroyed them all. |
| ASV | but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: |
| YLT | and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all. |
| DARBY | but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all of them: |
| BBE | But on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, fire came down from heaven and destruction came on them all. |
| Webster | But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all: |
What does Luke 17:29 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Luke 17:29 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 17:29
- Revelation 11:8
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
- Jeremiah 50:40
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
- Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
- 2 Peter 2:6
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
- Deuteronomy 29:23-25
And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
- Matthew 11:23-24
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
- Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Hosea 11:8
How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
- Amos 4:11
I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.
- Isaiah 1:9
Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
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- Luke 17:28
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
- Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
- Luke 17:30
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
Luke 17:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas el día que Lot salió de Sodoma, llovió del cielo fuego y azufre, y destruyó á todos: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais, au jour où Lot sortit de Sodome, il plut du feu et du soufre du ciel, qui les fit tous périr; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | an dem Tage aber, da Lot von Sodom ausging, regnete es Feuer und Schwefel vom Himmel und brachte alle um. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qua die autem exiit Lot a Sodomis, pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, et omnes perdidit: |