The Book of Mormon

3 Nephi 14:27

1830 Edition

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.

Influences

Matthew 7:27 (KJV)
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.

Changes

aAnd 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.

Simple English

The rain came down. The floods came. The winds blew and hit that house. It fell down. It was a big crash.

Paraphrase

“The rain poured down, the floods rose, the winds howled and beat against that house—and it collapsed. The destruction was complete.”