Luke 17 · Verse 35

Luke 17:35

Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Luke 17:35, King James Version

Luke 17:35 in other translations

BSBTwo women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
WEBThere will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”
ASVThere shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
YLTtwo women shall be grinding at the same place together, the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left;
DARBYTwo women shall be grinding together; the one shall be seized and the other shall be let go.
BBETwo women will be crushing grain together; one will be taken away and the other let go.
WebsterTwo women will be grinding together; the one will be taken, and the other left.

What does Luke 17:35 mean?

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 17:35 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.

ἔσονταιesontaiThere will beG1510
δύοduotwo [women]G1417
ἀλήθουσαιalēthousaigrindingG229
ἐπὶepiatG1909
τὸtotheG3588
αὐτό·autosame [place];G846
μίαmiaoneG1520
παραλημφθήσεται,paralēmphthēsetaiwill be taken,G3880
ἡhē<the>G3588
ἑτέραheterathe otherG2087
ἀφεθήσεται.¶aphethēsetaiwill be left.G863

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 17:35

  • Matthew 24:41

    Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

  • Exodus 11:5

    And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

  • Judges 16:21

    But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

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Ex 11:5; Jud 16:21

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Context

  • Luke 17:34

    I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

  • Luke 17:35

    Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

  • Luke 17:36

    Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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Luke 17:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dos mujeres estarán moliendo juntas: la una será tomada, y la otra dejada.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
deux femmes moudront ensemble, l’une sera prise et l’autre laissée;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Zwei Weiber werden zusammen mahlen, die eine wird genommen, und die andere gelassen werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
duæ erunt molentes in unum: una assumetur, et altera relinquetur: duo in agro: unus assumetur, et alter relinquetur.