People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Parallel translations
- WEB They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- KJV They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- NKJV They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- NASB people were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, and they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
- NLT In those days, the people enjoyed banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat and the flood came and destroyed them all.
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Quick answer
In Noah's day people carried on normal life until the flood suddenly destroyed them all. Complacency left them unprepared for judgment.
Overview
Eating, drinking, and marrying are ordinary, but the people had no regard for God or coming judgment. The flood came suddenly and was total. Jesus uses this to warn that his return will likewise overtake an unwatchful world, urging present readiness rather than presumption.
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- Luke 12:19–20Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- 1 Th 5:1–3Now about the times and seasons, brothers, we do not need to write to you.
- Luke 16:19–23Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
- Isa 22:12–14On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Deut 6:10–12And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you did not build,
- Job 21:9–13Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
- Deut 8:12–14Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- 1 Sam 25:36–38When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
- Isa 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
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