Matthew 24:42
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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Compare
- BSB
- Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- KJV
- Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- WEB
- Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
- ASV
- Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
- DARBY
- Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
- BLB
- Therefore watch, because you⁺ do not know on what day your⁺ Lord comes.
- ÅB
- «Vær derfor våkne! For dere vet ikke hvilken dag deres Herre kommer.
- OTB
- "Våk derfor, for dere vet ikke hvilken dag deres Herre kommer.
- B1930
- Våk derfor! for I vet ikke hvad dag eders Herre kommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Read in contextMatthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Read in contextRevelation 16:15
Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Read in contextMatthew 24:36
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Read in contextLuke 12:35–40
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
Read in contextMatthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
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