MAT 7:25 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and struck against that house, but it did not fall down, for it had been founded on the rock.

UST There may be heavy rain, and there may be floods, and there may be strong winds that buffet those homes. However, they will not collapse. That is because the wise people constructed them on top of solid rock.

BLB And the rain came down, and the torrents came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house; and it did not fall, for its foundation had been lain upon the rock.

AICNT and the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

OEB The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for its foundations were on the rock.

WEBBE The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

LSV and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

FBV The rain poured down, and the floods rose, and the winds blew hard against the house, but it didn't fall down, because its foundations were on solid rock.

TCNT The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

T4T Even though the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation.

LEB And the rain came down and the rivers came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it did not collapse, because its foundation was laid on the rock.

BBE And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

Moff Down came the rain, floods rose, winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on rock.

Wymth and the heavy rain falls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.

ASV and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

DRA And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

YLT and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

Drby and the rain came down, and the streams came, and the winds blew and fell upon that house, and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

RV and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock.

SLT And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock.

Wbstr And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

KJB-1769 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

KJB-1611 And the raine descended, and the floods came, and the windes blew, and beat vpon that house: and it fell not, for it was founded vpon a rocke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And the rayne descended, and the fluddes came, and the wyndes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not, because it was grounded on a rocke.
(And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blewe, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, because it was grounded on a rock.)

Gnva And the raine fell, and the floods came, and the windes blewe, and beat vpon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rocke.
(And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blewe, and beat upon that house, and it fell not: for it was grounded on a rock. )

Cvdl Now whan abundaunce of rayne descended, and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same house, it fel not, because it was grounded on the rocke.
(Now when abundance of rain descended, and the winds blew and bet upon that same house, it fell not, because it was grounded on the rock.)

TNT and aboundance of rayne descended and the fluddes came and the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that same housse and it fell not because it was grounded on the rocke.
(and abundance of rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew and bet upon that same house and it fell not because it was grounded on the rock. )

Wycl And reyn felde doun, and flodis camen, and wyndis blewen, and russchiden `in to that hous; and it felde not doun, for it was foundun on a stoon.
(And rain field down, and floods came, and winds blewen, and russchiden in to that house; and it field not down, for it was found on a stone.)

Luth Da nun ein Platzregen fiel, und ein Gewässer kam, und weheten die Winde und stießen an das Haus, fiel es doch nicht; denn es war auf einen Felsen gegründet.
(So now a downpour fell, and a Gewässer came, and woeten the winds and encountered at/to the house, fell it though/but not; because/than it what/which on/in/to a rock founded.)

ClVg et descendit pluvia, et venerunt flumina, et flaverunt venti, et irruerunt in domum illam, et non cecidit: fundata enim erat super petram.[fn]
(and came_down rain, and they_came rivers, and flaverunt winds, and they_rushed in/into/on house/home her, and not/no fell: fundata because was over a_rock. )

7.25 Et descendit. Tribus modis diabolus impugnat: carnis concupiscentia, exterioribus mundi oblectamentis, vel per se, cum universos ventus impulsionum laxat. Pluvia. Concupiscentia, a qua quisque tentatur, quæ sensum rigorem fidei emollit, quæ si non proficit, majora flumina eveniunt.

7.25 And came_down. Tribus in_ways the_devil impugnat: of_flesh desire, exterioribus world oblectamentis, or through himself, when/with in_the_universes wind(n) impulsionum laxat. Pluvia. Concupiscentia, from which everyone/whoever tentatur, which sense rigorem of_faith emollit, which when/but_if not/no is_progressing, bigger rivers eveniunt.

UGNT καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ, καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ, καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ προσέπεσαν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ; καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσεν, τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
(kai katebaʸ haʸ broⱪaʸ, kai aʸlthon hoi potamoi, kai epneusan hoi anemoi, kai prosepesan taʸ oikia ekeinaʸ; kai ouk epesen, tethemeliōto gar epi taʸn petran.)

SBL-GNT καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι καὶ προσέπεσαν τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσεν, τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
(kai katebaʸ haʸ broⱪaʸ kai aʸlthon hoi potamoi kai epneusan hoi anemoi kai prosepesan taʸ oikia ekeinaʸ, kai ouk epesen, tethemeliōto gar epi taʸn petran.)

RP-GNT καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ προσέπεσον τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσεν· τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
(kai katebaʸ haʸ broⱪaʸ kai aʸlthon hoi potamoi kai epneusan hoi anemoi, kai prosepeson taʸ oikia ekeinaʸ, kai ouk epesen; tethemeliōto gar epi taʸn petran.)

TC-GNT καὶ κατέβη ἡ βροχὴ καὶ [fn]ἦλθον οἱ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔπνευσαν οἱ ἄνεμοι, καὶ [fn]προσέπεσον τῇ οἰκίᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ οὐκ ἔπεσε· τεθεμελίωτο γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν πέτραν.
(kai katebaʸ haʸ broⱪaʸ kai aʸlthon hoi potamoi kai epneusan hoi anemoi, kai prosepeson taʸ oikia ekeinaʸ, kai ouk epese; tethemeliōto gar epi taʸn petran. )

7:25 ηλθον ¦ ηλθαν WH

7:25 προσεπεσον ¦ προσεπεσαν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:1–7:29: Jesus preached a sermon on a mountain

For many years, English versions and Christians have commonly referred to Matthew 5–7 as “The Sermon on the Mount.” In some translations, it may be helpful to include a heading for chapters 5–7 that is on a level above the section heading for 5:1–12.

Here are some other possible headings for this section:

The Sermon on the Mountain

The sermon that Jesus preached on a mountain

Jesus taught people on the side of a mountain/hill

7:25a

The rain fell, the torrents raged,

The rain came, the rivers/streams flooded,
It rained very hard and caused the river to overflow its banks.

The rain fell: In this context, the clause The rain fell refers to a heavy rain. It is the type of rain that could damage a house.

the torrents raged: The expression the torrents raged refers to so much water in the rivers that the water overflows the banks of the rivers.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

the streams rose (NIV)

the rivers flooded over (GNT)

7:25b

and the winds blew and beat against that house;

and winds also came and beat against that house,
Some strong/big wind also blew hard on/against that house.

the winds blew: The phrase the winds blew means that they blew strongly. They were the type of winds that could damage a house.

The word for winds is plural in Greek. But in some languages, it is more natural to translate this as a singular noun and verb. For example:

the wind blew

a strong wind came

beat against that house: The words beat against that house refer to another thing that the winds did.

In some languages, the verb “beat” is something that only a human, animal, or supernatural spirit could do. If that is true in your language, then you may want to use a different word. For example:

the wind blew hard against that house (GNT)

7:25c

yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

but the house did not fall down/over because it was built on bedrock.
The wise man had built the house on solid rock, that is why it did not collapse.

yet it did not fall: The verb fall here means “fall down,” or “collapse.” In spite of the rain, flood, and wind, the house was not ruined.

Here are some other ways to translate this verb:

did not fall down/over

did not collapse

was not destroyed

because its foundation was on the rock: The Greek verb that the BSB translates as was on the rock means “was firmly established” or “was built.” This verb refers to the base or lowest part of the house being placed on bedrock. So the house’s foundation was strong.

The clause is passive. Here are some other ways to translate this:

Use a passive verb. For example:
it was built on solid rock (CEV)
it was built strongly
Use an active verb. It was the wise man who built his house on the rock. For example:
he built it on the rock
he built it strongly
Change the verb to a noun. For example:
it had its foundation on the rock (NIV)

rock: The Greek word that the BSB translates as rock means “bedrock.” It does not refer to loose stones on top of the ground. It refers to a solid rock mass or layer under the surface of the ground.

Parallel MAT 7:25

Section 5:1–7:29: Jesus preached a sermon on a mountain

7:25a

7:25b

7:25c