Matthew 7:27
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
Webster's Revision
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell, and great was the fall of it.
World English Bible
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
English Revised Version (ERV)
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof.
Clarke's Matthew 7:27 Bible Commentary
And the rain descended, and the floods came, etc. - A fine illustration of this may be seen in the case of the fishermen in Bengal, who, in the dry season, build their huts on the beds of sand from which the rivers had retired: but when the rain sets in suddenly; as it often does, accompanied with violent northwest winds, and the waters pour down in torrents from the mountains; in one night, multitudes of these buildings are swept away, and the place where they stood is on the next morning indiscoverable.