Matthew 24:50
48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
49 And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
51 Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
- KJV
- The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
- WEB
- the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
- ASV
- the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not,
- DARBY
- the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,
- BLB
- the master of that servant will come in a day that he does not expect and in an hour that he does not know,
- ÅB
- da skal denne tjenerens herre komme en dag han ikke venter, og en time han ikke forutser,
- OTB
- da skal den tjenerens herre komme en dag han ikke venter, og i en time han ikke kjenner,
- B1930
- da skal denne tjeners herre komme en dag han ikke venter, og en time han ikke vet,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Read in contextMatthew 24:42–44
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
Read in contextProverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
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