Matthew 24:37

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὥσπερ δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Νῶε, οὕτως ἔσται καὶ ἡ παρουσία τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

Transliteration

But just as the hēmerai of the Nōe, so estai also the parousia of the Huiou of the anthrōpou.

Grammar Details

• *hēmerai*: nominative feminine plural - days
• *Nōe*: genitive masculine singular - of Noah
• *estai*: future middle, 3rd person singular - will be
• *parousia*: nominative feminine singular - coming/presence
• *Huiou*: genitive masculine singular - of Son
• *anthrōpou*: genitive masculine singular - of man

Word Meanings

• *hēmerai*: days/times
• *Nōe*: Noah
• *estai*: will be/shall be
• *parousia*: coming/presence/arrival
• *Huiou*: Son
• *anthrōpou*: of man/human/mankind

Referenced Verses

• Luke 17:26-27 : 26 And as it was in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man. 27 They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house, through the whiche arke he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth.
• 1 Pet 3:20-21 : 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient, when once the long sufferyng of God abode in ye dayes of Noe, whyle the Arke was a preparyng, wherein fewe, that is to say eyght soules, were saued in the water: 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs, euen baptisme, not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe, but in that a good conscience maketh request to God, by the resurrection of Iesus Christe:
• 2 Pet 2:5 : 5 Neither spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eyght person a preacher of ryghteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the worlde of the vngodly,
• 2 Pet 3:6 : 6 By the which thinges the world that then was, perisshed, beyng then ouerrunne with water.
• Gen 6:1-7 : 1 And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the: 2 And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all. 3 And the Lorde sayde: My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man, because he is fleshe: yet his dayes shalbe an hundreth and twentie yeres. 4 But there were Giantes in those dayes in ye earth: yea & after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of me, and hadde begotten chyldren of them, the same became myghtie men of the worlde, and men of renowme. 5 But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart was only euyll euery day. 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth, & he was touched with sorowe in his heart. 7 And the Lorde sayde: I wyll from the vpper face of the earth, destroy man whom I haue created, from man vnto cattell, vnto worme, and vnto foules of the ayre: For it repenteth me that I haue made them.
• Gen 7:6-9 : 6 And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde, when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth. 7 And Noah came, and his sonnes, and his wyfe, and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke, because of the waters of the fludde. 8 Of cleane beastes, and of vncleane beastes, and of foules, and of euery such as creepeth vpon the earth, 9 There came two & two vnto Noah vnto the arke, the male and the female, as God had commaunded Noah. 10 And so it came to passe after seuen dayes, that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth. 11 In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe, in the seconde moneth, the seuenteene day of ye moneth, in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp, and the wyndowes of heauen were opened. 12 And the rayne was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes. 13 In the selfe same day, entred Noah, and Sem, and Ham, and Iapheth the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wyfe, and the three wiues of his sonnes with the into the arke. 14 They, and euery beast after his kinde, and al the cattel after their kinde, yea, and euery worme that creepeth vpon the grounde after his kinde, and euerye byrde after his kinde, and euery fleeyng and fethered foule. 15 And they came vnto Noah into the arke, two and two, of all fleshe wherein is the breath of lyfe. 16 And they entryng in, came male and female of all fleshe, as God had commaunded him: and God shut hym in rounde about. 17 And the fludde came fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the arke, whiche was lyft vp aboue the earth. 18 The waters also waxed strong, and were encreased exceedyngly vpon the earth: and so the arke went vpon the vpper face of the waters. 19 And the waters preuayled exceedingly vpon the earth, and al the high hilles that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered. 20 Fyfteene cubites vpward did the waters preuayle, so that the mountaynes were couered. 21 And all fleshe perished, that moued vpon the earth, in foule, in cattell, in beast, and in euery worme that creepeth vpon the earth, yea, and euery man also. 22 So that all that had the breath of lyfe in his nostrilles throughout all that was on the drye lande, dyed. 23 And euery substaunce was destroyed that remayned and that was in the vpper part of the grounde, both man and cattell, and worme, and the foule of the heauen, they were euen destroyed from of the earth, and Noah onlye remayned aliue, and they that were with him in the arke.
• Job 22:15-17 : 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked? 16 Whiche were cut downe out of time, and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer. 17 Whiche sayd vnto God, Go from vs: and asked what the almightie coulde do for them?
• Matt 24:39 : 39 And knewe not, tyll the fludde came, and toke them all away: So shall also the commyng of the sonne of man be.