Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at a time when you don't expect him."
A Conservative Version
Therefore, ye also become ready, because the Son of man comes at that hour ye do not suppose.
American Standard Version
Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
So, you also should be ready, for the Son of man will return at a time when you least expect Him."
Anderson New Testament
Be you, therefore, ready also; for at an hour when you think not, the Son of man comes.
Bible in Basic English
So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.
Common New Testament
Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
Daniel Mace New Testament
be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.
Darby Translation
And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.
Godbey New Testament
Be ye also ready: because at an hour you do not think the Son of man cometh.
Goodspeed New Testament
You must be ready too, for the Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not expect him."
John Wesley New Testament
Therefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh in an hour when ye think not.
Julia Smith Translation
And be ye therefore ready: for in the time which ye think not the Son of man is coming.
King James 2000
Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come]."
Modern King James verseion
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man comes at an hour when you think not.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be ye prepared therefore, for the son of man will come at a hour when ye think not."
Moffatt New Testament
So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."
Montgomery New Testament
"Do you also be ready, for in an hour that you think not the Son of man is coming."
NET Bible
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."
New Heart English Bible
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him."
Sawyer New Testament
Be you also ready; for in an hour when you think not the Son of man comes.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye, therefore, be getting ready, because, in what hour ye are not thinking, The Son of an cometh!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Therefore be ye also ready, for at an hour that ye think not of, the Son of man cometh.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Do you also prepare, for when you are least expecting him the Son of Man will come."
Webster
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Weymouth New Testament
Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."
Williams New Testament
So you, too, must always be ready, for at an hour that you are not expecting, the Son of Man will come."
World English Bible
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."
Worrell New Testament
Be ye also ready; because at an hour ye think not the Son of Man cometh."
Worsley New Testament
therefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh at a season that ye think not of.
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » When the lord will come
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The servants waiting for their lord
Second coming of Christ » Time of unknown
The second coming of Christ » The manner of » Unexpectedly
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be ready for
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
On The Alert For The Master's Return
39 And be sure of this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh. 41 And Peter said to him, Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, or also to all?
Names
Cross References
Matthew 24:42
Watch, therefore, for ye know not on what day your Lord is coming.
Matthew 24:44
Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour when ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Matthew 25:13
Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
Mark 13:33-36
Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.
Luke 21:34-36
But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.
Romans 13:11
And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.
Romans 13:14
but clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and think not about satisfying the lusts of the flesh.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
Let us not sleep, then, as others, but let us watch and be sober.
2 Peter 3:12-14
looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, by reason of which the heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements will melt with fervent heat!
Revelation 19:7
Let us rejoice and exult, and we will give to him the glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready;