# 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

"base" or "firm support"

# 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]]