# General Information:

Jesus compares the person who hears but does not obey his teaching to a man who builds a house that has no foundation and so will collapse when the flood comes. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# But the person

"But" shows a strong contrast to the previous person who built with a foundation.

# on top of the ground without a foundation

Some cultures may not know that a house with a foundation is stronger. Additional information may be helpful. AT: "but he did not dig down and build first a foundation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# foundation

the part of a house that connects it to the ground. People in Jesus' time dug down into the ground to the solid rock and then began to build on the rock. That solid rock was the foundation.

# torrent of water

"fast-moving water" or "river"

# flowed against

"crashed against"

# collapsed

"fell down" or "came apart"

# the ruin of that house was complete

"that house was completely destroyed"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]