Mark 13:35
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- KJV
- Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
- WEB
- Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
- ASV
- Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
- DARBY
- Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning;
- BLB
- Therefore watch, for you⁺ do not know when the master of the house comes—either at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or morning—
- ÅB
- slik skal dere våke - for dere vet ikke når husets herre kommer, enten det blir om kvelden eller ved midnatt eller ved hanegal eller om morgenen -
- OTB
- Derfor, hold vakt, for dere vet ikke når husets herre vil komme tilbake—om det er om kvelden, ved midnatt, når hanen galer, eller ved daggry.
- B1930
- således skal I våke - for I vet ikke når husets herre kommer, enten det blir om aftenen eller ved midnatt eller ved hanegal eller om morgenen -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Read in contextMark 13:33
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Read in contextMatthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Read in contextMark 14:30
And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Read in contextMark 6:48
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
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