Luke 17:28

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;

📖 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

• 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,

• 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;

• 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 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
• Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the LORD said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to me; and if not, I will know.
• Gen 19:1-9 : 1 And two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the ground. 2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise early and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will stay in the street all night. 3 But he pressed upon them greatly, so they turned to him and entered his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. 5 And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out to them at the door, and shut the door after him. 7 And said, I pray you, brothers, do not do so wickedly. 8 Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; let me, I pray you, bring them to you, and do to them as seems good in your eyes: only do nothing to these men; for they have come under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one came here to stay, and he will act as a judge: now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard against Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they tired themselves trying to find the door. 12 And the men said to Lot, Do you have anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and anyone you have in the city, bring them out of this place. 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked. 15 And when the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed. 18 And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my Lord. 19 Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil overtake me and I die. 20 Look now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said to him, See, I have accepted you in this matter also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there; for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he stood before the LORD. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
• Ezek 16:49-50 : 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.
• Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Come now, you rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded; and their corrosion shall be a witness against you, and shall consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure for the last days. 4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been indulgent; you have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.