It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
Parallel translations
- WEB Likewise, even as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
- KJV Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
- NKJV Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;
- NASB It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, and they were building;
- NLT “And the world will be as it was in the days of Lot. People went about their daily business—eating and drinking, buying and selling, farming and building—
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Quick answer
Lot's day was similar: ordinary life went on in Sodom right up to judgment. Routine prosperity hid imminent destruction.
Overview
Jesus adds a second example from Genesis, the cities of the plain. As in Noah's time, daily commerce and building continued while judgment loomed unseen. The repetition reinforces that outward normalcy is no guarantee of safety, and that judgment can fall suddenly on the unprepared.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 16:49–50Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Jas 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
- Gen 18:20–21Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
- Gen 13:13But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
- Gen 19:1–28Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
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