Matthew 24:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Luke 17:37 : 37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Deut 28:49 : 49 Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Job 39:27-30 : 27 Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high? 28 On the cliff she dwelleth, and maketh her home, Upon the point of the cliff, and the stronghold. 29 From thence she spieth out the prey; Her eyes behold it afar off. 30 Her young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.
Jer 16:16 : 16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.
Amos 9:1-4 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them. 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Luke 17:37
84%
37And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body [is], thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
Matt 24:26-27
2 verses
78%
26If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe [it] not.
27For as the lightning cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Matt 24:29-31
3 verses
76%
29But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Jer 7:33
74%
33And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.
Deut 28:26
73%
26And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.
Mark 13:24-27
4 verses
72%
24But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
25and the stars shall be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens shall be shaken.
26And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27And then shall he send forth the angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Isa 34:15
71%
15There shall the dart-snake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shade; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.
Rev 19:17
71%
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come [and] be gathered together unto the great supper of God;
Luke 17:23-24
2 verses
70%
23And they shall say to you, Lo, there! {G2228} Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after [them]:
24for as the lightning, when it lighteneth out of the one part under the heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his day.
Matt 24:14-18
5 verses
70%
14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.
15When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),
16then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
17let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:
18and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Isa 18:6
69%
6They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Luke 21:35
69%
35for [so] {G3803} shall it come upon all them that dwell on the face of all the earth.
Luke 21:27-28
2 verses
69%
27And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads; because your redemption draweth nigh.
Matt 24:33-34
2 verses
69%
33even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at the doors.
34Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished.
Matt 24:44
68%
44Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Matt 24:39-40
2 verses
68%
39and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
40Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
Deut 14:12-13
2 verses
68%
12But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,
13and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,
Ps 79:2
68%
2The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens, The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
Luke 17:30
68%
30after the same manner shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed.
Isa 24:13
68%
13For thus shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking of an olive-tree, as the gleanings when the vintage is done.
Matt 24:37
68%
37And as [were] the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
1 Thess 4:17
68%
17then we that are alive, that are left, shall together with them be caught up in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Lev 11:14
67%
14and the kite, and the falcon after its kind,
Matt 13:41
67%
41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity,
Mark 13:29
67%
29even so ye also, when ye see these things coming to pass, know ye that he is nigh, [even] at the doors.
Ezek 32:4
67%
4And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
Matt 24:7
67%
7For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
Job 28:7
67%
7That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:
Luke 21:20
67%
20But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.
Mark 13:14
67%
14But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:
Jer 4:13
67%
13Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots [shall be] as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.