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The OET Readers’ Version is designed to be read alongside the Literal Version. Expand the matching Literal Version beneath each passage. This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.
Gen 6:5-8:
5 Then Yahweh saw that the humankind’s wickedness on the earth was extensive, and that every inclination of their inner thoughts was only evil all day long.[ref] 6 So Yahweh regretted that he had made humankind on the earth and he was deeply saddened, 7 so he said, “This humankind that I created, I will completely destroy them from the surface of the ground, along with the animals, and crawling creatures and the birds of the sky, because I regret that I made them.” 8 However, Yahweh noticed Noah and was pleased with him.
Gen 7:6-24:
6 Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth, 7 and he went into the wooden chest along with his wife, his three sons and their wives, in order to escape from the floodwaters.[ref] 8 ‘Clean’ and ‘unclean’ animals, the birds, and everything that lived on the ground 9 came to Noah in male and female pairs and went into the chest, just like God had instructed Noah. 10 Then when the seven days were up, water started to flood the earth.
11 When Noah was 600 years old (and around the beginning of May), deep underwater geysers in the ocean started spouting out water, and the skies began to drop heavy rain[ref] 12 that continued day and night for forty days. 13 That was the very day that Noah and Yefet (Japheth) and Shem and Ham and their wives had all entered the wooden chest. 14 They had with them every kind of living creature, including every kind of livestock and every other kind of creature that lives on the land, and every kind of bird and everything else that flies. 15 They had come to Noah in order to enter the chest—two by two of every creature with the breath of life. 16 So pairs of males and females of every creature entered just as God had instructed Noah, then Yahweh closed the door and they were shut in.
17 Then the flood came onto the earth for forty days, and the water rose so that the wooden chest was lifted up right off the land. 18 The water continued to rise and get deeper on the earth, and the chest floated along on top of the water. 19 Eventually the water on the earth got so deep that all the high mountains everywhere under the sky were under water—20 in fact the water rose over seven metres above the tops of them. 21 By then every living creature that lived on the earth had drowned—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms on the earth, and all humankind. 22 Everything that had the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils, everything that lived on dry land, died. 23 That’s how Yahweh completely annihilated every living creature off the earth, including humankind and livestock and crawling creatures and even the birds. Everything was annihilated except for Noah and those with him in the floating chest, 24 and the earth remained in full flood for 150 days.
Luk 12:39-40:
39 But you should also know this: if the home-owner knew what time the thief would arrive, he’d be ready watching and not allow his house to be burgled.[ref] 40 So you all need to be ready because you don’t know when I, the son of humanity, am going to arrive.”
Mat 24:36:
24:36 The day of his return isn’t known
(Mark 13:32-37; Luke 17:26-30; 34-36)
36 “No one knows the exact day or time—not even the messengers in the heavens, or even the son—only the father knows it.
Luk 12:36-38:
36 like someone who’s waiting for their master. When he leaves the wedding celebrations and comes and knocks, you’ll be ready to immediately open the door.[ref] 37 The master would bless the slaves that are ready, watching for when he arrives. I can assure you that he’ll dress himself and then he’ll seat them on couches and come and serve them there himself. 38 If he arrives around midnight or even in the small hours of the morning, he’ll find them ready. Yes, they’ll be blessed.
Gen 18:20–19:25:
20 Then Yahweh said, “Because there’s so many people crying out about Sedom and Amorah (Gomorrah), and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I’ll go down there now and see if what I’ve heard about them is true, and if not, I’ll also find that out.”
22 Then the other two men left and started descending toward Sedom, and Avraham was still standing there in front of Yahweh, 23 so he went closer to Yahweh and asked, “Will you really destroy obedient people along with those who are evil? 24 What if there were fifty people in the city who’ve obeyed you? Would you really destroy the city and all its people and not save it for the sake of those fifty? 25 Surely you wouldn’t do anything like that—killing the good people along with the evil ones, so that they all just get treated the same? Certainly you wouldn’t do that? Wouldn’t the one who judges the entire world be more fair?”
26 “If I find fifty godly people in Sedom,” Yahweh answered, “then I’ll spare the whole city for their sake.”
27 “Listen, I’ve been bold enough to question my master, even though I’m just dust and ashes,” Avraham said again. 28 “Suppose they’re five short of the fifty? Would you destroy the whole city because of five?”
“I won’t destroy it if I find forty-five there,” he replied.
29 Avraham continued to make his request, “Suppose there’s forty there?”
“I won’t do it for the sake of the forty,” he agreed.
30 My master, don’t get angry but let me speak,” Avraham said, “suppose thirty are found there?”
“I won’t do it if I find thirty there,” he said.
31 “Listen, I’ve taken it on myself to speak to my master,” Avraham asked again, “suppose twenty are found there?”
“I won’t do it for the sake of the twenty,” he agreed.
32 “My master, don’t get angry and let me speak one last time,” Avraham added, “suppose ten are found there?”
“I won’t do it for the sake of the ten,” Yahweh conceded 33 and then he left and Avraham returned home.
19 So the two messengers arrived at Sedom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and knelt down in front of them with his face to the ground. 2 Then he said, “Listen, my masters: Come with me to your slave’s home and wash your feet and stay the night. Then you can get up early and continue on your way.”
But they said, “No, rather we’ll just spend the night in the street.” 3 However, Lot insisted, so they followed him off the main road and went into his house. Then he prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 However, before they went to bed, the men of Sedom surrounded the house—there were young and old from all parts of the city—5 and they called out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to your place tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can ‘use’ them.”[ref]
6 So Lot went out to them at the entrance of the house and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “My brothers, don’t do this evil. 8 Listen, I’ve got two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you and you can treat them however you like. But don’t do anything to these men, because they’ve entered my house and so I’m responsible for them.”
9 But they insisted, “Stand back!” Then they said to each other, “This guy came to stay with us, and now he’s judging us. We’ll treat you worse than them!” Then they started pushing hard against Lot and came closer to break down the door. 10 But the two visitors reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house and shut the door again. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the entrance of the house with blindness[ref]—all of them from the lowly to the prominent men—so that they gave up trying to find the door.
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Who else belongs to you here, a son-in-law or your sons or your daughters or anyone else who belongs to you in the city? Take them out from this place, 13 because we’re about to destroy it. The people have repeatedly cried out to Yahweh, so he’s sent us to destroy the city.”
14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his future sons-in-law who were engaged to his daughters, and he told them, “Hurry, get out of this place, because Yahweh is going to destroy the city!” But they thought he was just joking.
15 At dawn the next day, the two messengers urged Lot, saying, “Get up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, so that all of you won’t be swept away in the punishment of the city.” 16 When Lot hesitated, because of Yahweh’s mercy for him, the men grabbed his hand and his wife’s hand and the hands of their daughters, and led them out beyond the edge of the city.[ref] 17 At that point one of them told Lot, “Flee for your lives! Don’t turn around and look behind you and don’t stop anywhere down in the plain. Escape up to the hills so you don’t get swept away!”
18 But Lot argued, “Not right now, my masters. 19 Listen, you’ve been kind to me and show us mercy by saving my life, but I won’t be able to make it to the hills because the disaster will overtake me and I’ll die. 20 Listen, there’s a small town nearby that I could flee to. Let me escape there. It’s only small. Then my life would be saved.”
21 “Okay then,” the man replied, “I’ll also grant your request about this so I won’t overthrow the town that you’re talking about. 22 Hurry up, escape there, because I am not able to do a thing until you go there.”
That’s why they renamed the town to ‘Tsoar’ (which means ‘small’).
23 The sun had already risen by the time Lot and family reached Tsoar. 24 Then Yahweh rained burning sulfur down onto Sedom and Amorah (Gomorrah),[ref] 25 and he destroyed those cities and all their inhabitants as well, as all of the plain including all the vegetation.
Mrk 13:15-16:
15 and anyone upstairs looking outside shouldn’t come down into the bedrooms to get anything,[ref] 16 and anyone working outside shouldn’t go back inside to get a change of clothes.
Mat 24:17-18:
17 anyone outside on the flat roof shouldn’t go back inside to get things out of the house,[ref] 18 and anyone in the field shouldn’t go back to the house to get their coat.
Gen 19:26:
26 But Lot’s wife who was following him looked back and she turned into a pillar of salt.[ref]
Yhn 12:25:
25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, but the person hating their life in this world will stay alive forever.[ref]
Mrk 8:35:
35 Anyone who worries about saving their own life will lose it, but anyone who gives their life due to following me and my teaching will save their life.[ref]
Mat 10:39:
39 Anyone who’s found their life will lose it, and anyone who loses their life because of following me will find it.[ref]
16:25:
25 because anyone who wants to save their life will lose it, but anyone who loses their life on my account will find it.[ref]
Luk 9:24:
24 because anyone who wants to save their own life will lose it, but anyone who is prepared to lose their life on account of me, they’ll be saving their life.[ref]
