KJV King James Version
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 17:37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
WEB World English Bible
They, answering, asked him, “Where, Lord?” He said to them, “Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together.”
ASV American Standard Version
And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they answering say to him, ‘Where, sir?’ and he said to them, ‘Where the body is, there will the eagles be gathered together.’
Surrounding context — Luke 17
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the eagles be gathered together.
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Original-language word links
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ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandἀποκριθέντεςG611 · apokrinōto answerλέγουσινG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heποῦ,G4226 · pouwhere?κύριε;G2962 · kurioslord: GodὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoδὲG1161 · dethenεἶπενG2036 · eiponto sayαὐτοῖς·G846 · autosit/s/heὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)τὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoσῶμα,G4983 · sōmabodyἐκεῖG1563 · ekeithereκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀετοὶG105 · aetoseagleἐπισυναχθήσονται.¶G1996 · episunagōto gather
Cross-references
Matthew 24:28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.Job 39:29-30From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.Revelation 19:17-18And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;Zechariah 13:8-9And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off [and] die; but the third shall be left therein.Amos 9:1-4I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.Daniel 9:26-27And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.1 Thessalonians 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
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