Luke 17:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὁμοίως καὶ ὼς ἐγένετο ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Λώτ· ἤσθιον, ἔπινον, ἠγόραζον, ἐπώλουν, ἐφύτευον, ᾠκοδόμουν·

Transliteration

Likewise also as egeneto in the hēmerais of Lōt; they were ēsthion, they were epinon, they were ēgorazon, they were epōloun, they were ephyteuon, they were ōkodomoun;

Grammar Details

• *egeneto*: aorist middle indicative, 3rd singular - it happened/came to pass
• *hēmerais*: dative, feminine, plural - days
• *Lōt*: genitive, masculine, singular - Lot
• *ēsthion*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were eating
• *epinon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were drinking
• *ēgorazon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were buying
• *epōloun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were selling
• *ephyteuon*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were planting
• *ōkodomoun*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd plural - they were building

Word Meanings

• *Lōt*: Lot (biblical figure, nephew of Abraham)
• *ēgorazon*: they were buying/purchasing
• *epōloun*: they were selling/trading
• *ephyteuon*: they were planting/cultivating
• *ōkodomoun*: they were building/constructing

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Lykewyse also as it chaunsed in the dayes of Lot. They ate they dranke they bought they solde they planted they bilte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Likewyse also as it came to passe in the tyme of Lot, they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Likewise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they built.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In the same way, in the days of Lot; they were feasting and trading, they were planting and building;

• World English Bible (2000)

  Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building;

Referenced Verses

• Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and great sinners against the LORD.
• Gen 18:20-21 : 20 Then the LORD said, 'The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grave. 21 'I will go down now and see if what they have done matches the outcry that has come to Me. If not, I will know.'
• Gen 19:1-9 : 1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 He said, "Please, my lords, turn aside to your servant’s house. Spend the night and wash your feet; then you can rise early and be on your way." But they said, "No, we will spend the night in the square." 3 But Lot insisted strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking unleavened bread, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot and said, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have relations with them." 6 Lot went outside to meet them, closing the door behind him. 7 He said, "No, my brothers. Please, don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never been with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever seems good to you. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." 9 They replied, "Get out of the way! This man came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to act as a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them." They pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break down the door. 10 But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot back into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, both young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the doorway. 12 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are about to destroy this place. The outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it." 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But to his sons-in-law, he seemed to be joking. 15 With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished." 16 When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand, the hands of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them. 17 As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, "Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!" 18 But Lot said to them, "No, my lords, please!" 19 "Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown great kindness to me by sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. 20 Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared." 21 He said to him, "Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. 22 But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it." (That is why the town was called Zoar.) 23 By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. 24 Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and the entire plain, and he saw that smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
• Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of food, and abundant ease were hers and her daughters', but they did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 They became haughty and committed abominations before me; therefore, I removed them as I saw fit.
• Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and your clothes have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will serve as a testimony against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look, the wages that you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. 5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.