Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:37 in other translations
| BSB | As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. |
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| WEB | As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
| ASV | And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. |
| YLT | and as the days of Noah--so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; |
| DARBY | But as the days of Noe, so also shall be the coming of the Son of man. |
| BBE | And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. |
| Webster | But as the days of Noah were, so will also the coming of the Son of man be. |
What does Matthew 24:37 mean?
Barnes' Notes
1st. In its being sudden and unexpected, the precise time not being made known, though the general indications had been given.
2nd. The world would be found as it was then.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 24:29-41
Christ foretells his second coming. It is usual for prophets to speak of things as near and just at hand, to express the greatness and certainty of them. Concerning Christ's second coming, it is foretold that there shall be a great change, in order to the making all things new. Then they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds. At his first coming, he was set for a sign that should be spoken against, but at…
Matthew 24:37 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 24:37
- Luke 17:26-27
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 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.
- Genesis 6:1-7
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. …
- 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.
- 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;
- 2 Peter 3:6
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
- Matthew 24:39
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- 1 Peter 3:20-21
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. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
- Genesis 7:6-23
And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 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. …
- Job 22:15-17
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?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Pe 2:5; 3:6
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Context
- Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
- Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Matthew 24:38
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,
Matthew 24:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas como los días de Noé, así será la venida del Hijo del hombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais comme ont été les jours de Noé, ainsi sera aussi la venue du fils de l’homme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber gleichwie die Tage Noahs waren, also wird auch die Ankunft des Sohnes des Menschen sein. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut autem in diebus Noë, ita erit et adventus Filii hominis: |