# Matthew 24.37

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**Book:** [Matthew](/codex/matthew-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.</span>
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> **37. <span class="rl-speech">And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</span> (Matthew 24:35-39, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.</span>
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> **37. <span class="rl-speech">“As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.</span> (Matthew 24:35-39, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 35. <span class="rl-speech">Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.</span>
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> **37. <span class="rl-speech">But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">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,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.</span> (Matthew 24:35-39, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 35. <span class="rl-speech">The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.</span> 36. <span class="rl-speech">'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known, not even the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only;</span>
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> **37. <span class="rl-speech">and as the days of Noah, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man;</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,</span> 39. <span class="rl-speech">and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man.</span> (Matthew 24:35-39, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Genesis Flood](/codex/genesis-flood/), via [Matthew 24.37-39](/codex/matthew-24-37-39/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Matthew 24](/codex/matthew-24/)
- [Young Earth Creationism](/codex/young-earth-creationism/), via [Matthew 24.37-39](/codex/matthew-24-37-39/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G3952 - parousia](/codex/g3952-parousia/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.