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AICNT For [[even]][fn] as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,
OEB In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,
WEBBE For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.
LSV for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the Ark,
FBV It will be as in the days before the flood, when they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, right up until the day that Noah went into the ark.
TCNT For in [fn]the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah went into the ark.
T4T It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, the people did not know that anything bad would happen to them. Before the flood waters covered the earth, the people were eating and drinking as usual. Some men were marrying women and some parents were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah and his family entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all those who were not in the boat. Similarly, the unbelieving people will not know when I, the one who came from heaven, will return, and they will not be expecting me.
LEB For as in the days[fn] before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered into the ark.
BBE Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,
Moff No Moff MAT book available
Wymth At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
ASV For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
DRA For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, even till that day in which Noe entered into the ark,
YLT for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,
Drby For as they were in the days which were before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day on which Noe entered into the ark,
RV For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Wbstr For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
KJB-1769 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
KJB-1611 [fn]For as in the dayes that were before the Flood, they were eating, and drinking, marrying, and giuing in mariage, vntill the day that Noe entred into the Arke,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps For as in the dayes that went before the fludde, they dyd eate, and drynke, marry, and geue in maryage, euen vntyll the day that Noe entred into the Arke:
(For as in the days that went before the fludde, they did eat, and drink, marry, and give in maryage, even until the day that Noe entered into the Arke:)
Gnva For as in the dayes before the flood, they did eate and drinke, marrie, and giue in mariage, vnto the day that Noe entred into the Arke,
(For as in the days before the flood, they did eat and drink, marrie, and give in marriage, unto the day that Noe entered into the Ark, )
Cvdl For as they were in the dayes before ye floude (they ate, they dronke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto the daye yt Noe entred in to the shippe,
(For as they were in the days before ye/you_all floude (they ate, they dronke, they married, and were married, even unto the day it Noe entered in to the ship,)
TNT For as in the dayes before the floud: they dyd eate and drynke mary and were maried even vnto the daye that Noe entred into the shyppe
(For as in the days before the floud: they did eat and drink mary and were married even unto the day that Noe entered into the ship )
Wycl For as in the daies bifore the greet flood, thei weren etynge and drynkynge, weddynge and takynge to weddyng, to that dai, that Noe entride in to the schippe;
(For as in the days before the great flood, they were eating and drinking, weddynge and taking to weddyng, to that day, that Noe entered in to the shippe;)
Luth Denn gleichwie sie waren in den Tagen vor der Sintflut: sie aßen, sie tranken, sie freieten und ließen sich freien bis an den Tag, da Noah zu der Arche einging,
(Because gleichwie they/she/them were in the days before/in_front_of the/of_the Sintflut: they/she/them aßen, they/she/them dranken, they/she/them freieten and leave/let itself/yourself/themselves freien until at the Tag, there Noah to the/of_the ark einging,)
ClVg sicut enim erant in diebus ante diluvium comedentes et bibentes, nubentes et nuptum tradentes, usque ad eum diem, quo intravit Noë in arcam,[fn]
(sicut because they_were in days before diluvium comedentes and bibentes, nubentes and nuptum tradentes, until to him diem, quo he_entered Noë in arcam, )
UGNT ὡς γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ, τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ γαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν, Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν.
(hōs gar aʸsan en tais haʸmerais tais pro tou kataklusmou, trōgontes kai pinontes, gamountes kai gamizontes, aⱪri haʸs haʸmeras eisaʸlthen, Nōe eis taʸn kibōton.)
SBL-GNT ⸀ὡς γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς ⸀ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ ⸀γαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθεν Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν,
(⸀hōs gar aʸsan en tais ⸀haʸmerais tais pro tou kataklusmou trōgontes kai pinontes, gamountes kai ⸀gamizontes, aⱪri haʸs haʸmeras eisaʸlthen Nōe eis taʸn kibōton,)
TC-GNT [fn]Ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐν ταῖς [fn]ἡμέραις ταῖς πρὸ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ [fn]ἐκγαμίζοντες, ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας εἰσῆλθε Νῶε εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν,
(Hōsper gar aʸsan en tais haʸmerais tais pro tou kataklusmou trōgontes kai pinontes, gamountes kai ekgamizontes, aⱪri haʸs haʸmeras eisaʸlthe Nōe eis taʸn kibōton, )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
γὰρ
for
Here, the word For introduces Jesus’ explanation of the comparison he just drew between the time of Noah and the coming of the Son of Man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces this kind of explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: [Here is how they are similar:] or [Indeed,]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις & ἄχρι ἧς ἡμέρας
in the days & until that day
Here, the word days refers to a specific period of time, and the word day refers to a specific moment in time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use comparable phrases or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the time … until the time when] or [in the time period … until the instant that]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
ἦσαν & τρώγοντες καὶ πίνοντες, γαμοῦντες καὶ γαμίζοντες
˱they˲_were & eating and drinking marrying and betrothing
Here Jesus describes several normal human activities (eating, drinking, and marrying and giving in marriage) in order to refer to normal human activities in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate more explicitly that these are examples of normal human activities, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they were doing regular activities, such as eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage] or [they were going about their normal lives]
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
ἦσαν
˱they˲_were
The pronoun they refers to people in general. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use a form that refers to people in general. Alternate translation: [men and women were] or [most people were]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
γαμοῦντες καὶ γαμίζοντες
marrying and betrothing
In Jesus’ culture, it was customary to talk about men marrying and fathers giving their daughters in marriage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [men marrying and women being given in marriage] or [men and women marrying]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
γαμίζοντες
betrothing
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of marriage, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [causing to be married]
