The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 14:25

1830 Edition

and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Influences

Matthew 7:25 (KJV)
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

Changes

aAnd the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not:, for it was founded upon a rock.

Simple English

The rain came down. The floods came. The winds blew and hit that house. But it did not fall down. It was built on a rock.

Paraphrase

“The rain poured down, the floods rose, the winds howled and beat against that house—but it didn’t fall, because it was founded on rock.”