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# General Information:
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Jesus compares the person who obeys his teaching to a man who builds a house on rock where it will be safe from floods. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# Lord, Lord
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The repetition of these words indicates that they regularly called Jesus "Lord."
# Every person who comes to me ... I will tell you what he is like
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It may be clearer to change the order of this sentence. AT: "I will tell you what every person is like who comes to me and hears my words and obeys them"
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# built the house's foundation on solid rock
"dug the foundation of the house deep enough to reach a foundation of solid rock." Some cultures may not be familiar with building on bedrock, and may need to use another image for a stable foundation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# foundation
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"base" or "support"
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# solid rock
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"bedrock." This is the very large, hard rock that is deep under the soil.
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# torrent of water
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"fast-moving water" or "river"
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# flowed against
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"crashed against"
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# shake it
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Possible meanings are 1) "cause it to shake" or 2) "destroy it."
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# because it had been well built
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "because the man had built it well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/obey]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flood]]