Matthew 24:28 “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

Matthew 24:28

Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

World English Bible

For wherever the carcass is, that is where the vultures gather together.

American Standard Version

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Geneva Bible 1599

For wheresoeuer a dead carkeis is, thither will the Egles be gathered together.

Darby Translation

[For] wherever the carcase is, there will be gathered the eagles.

Young's Literal Translation

for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

Bible in Basic English

Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.

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Cross references

“For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.”

Luke 17:37 Job 39:27–30 Amos 9:1–4 Deuteronomy 28:49 Jeremiah 16:16

Luke 17:37 · BSB

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”

Job 39:27–30 · BSB

Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?

Amos 9:1–4 · BSB

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who…

Deuteronomy 28:49 · BSB

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

Jeremiah 16:16 · BSB

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

29Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. ’

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