Matthew 24:39–40

39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 oThen two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — The New International Version (NIV)

39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — English Standard Version (ESV)

39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — New Living Translation (NLT)

39 People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes.

40 “Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — New Century Version (NCV)

39 They knew nothing about what was happening until the flood came and destroyed them. It will be the same when the Son of Man comes. 40 Two men will be in the field. One will be taken, and the other will be left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — American Standard Version (ASV)

39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:

Matthew 24:39–40 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

39 and they knew not till the flood came and took all away; thus also shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;

Matthew 24:39–40 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

39 They were not aware of what was happening until the flood came and swept all of them away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes again.

40 “At that time two men will be working in the field. One will be taken, and the other one will be left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

39 They didn’t know until the flood came and swept them all away. So this is the way the coming of the Son of Man will be: 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

39 and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

39 And they did not know anything until the deluge came and swept them all away. So also the coming of the Son of Man will be. 40 Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

39 They knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

40 “Two men will be in the field. One will be taken and the other left.

Matthew 24:39–40 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

39 and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

40 “Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.

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