11 translations · Greek

Matthew 24:35

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

World English Bible

Matthew 24:35 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
KJV King James Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
ASV American Standard Version
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
LSV Literal Standard Version
The heaven and the earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away.
FBV Free Bible Version
Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words won't pass away.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
DBY Darby Translation
The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.
WBT Webster’s Bible
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
οὐρανὸς ouranos Heaven G3772 οὐρανός heaven
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἡ hē — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
γῆ gē earth G1093 γῆ earth: planet
παρελεύσεται pareleusetai will pass away G3928 παρέρχομαι to pass by
οἱ hoi — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
δὲ de but G1161 δέ then
λόγοι logoi words G3056 λόγος word
μου mou My G1473 ἐγώ I/we
οὐ ou {will} never G3756 οὐ no
μὴ mē — G3361 μή not
παρέλθωσιν parelthōsin pass away G3928 παρέρχομαι to pass by
  • Isaiah 40:8

    The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God stands forever.”

  • 1 Peter 1:25

    but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.

  • Numbers 23:19

    God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

  • Isaiah 55:11

    so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

  • Matthew 5:18

    For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.

  • Proverbs 30:5

    “Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

  • Isaiah 51:6

    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish away like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment; and its inhabitants will die in the same way: but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be abolished.

  • Isaiah 54:10

    For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

  • Psalm 89:34

    I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered.

  • Titus 1:2

    in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

33 Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

34 Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.

35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

36 But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

37 “As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Read all of Matthew 24 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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