Parallel Verses
Daniel Mace New Testament
watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord shall come.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.
A Conservative Version
Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.
American Standard Version
Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.
Anderson New Testament
"Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.
Bible in Basic English
Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
Common New Testament
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Darby Translation
Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
Godbey New Testament
Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.
John Wesley New Testament
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
Julia Smith Translation
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes.
King James 2000
Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wake, therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come.
Moffatt New Testament
Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.
Montgomery New Testament
Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming.
NET Bible
"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
New Heart English Bible
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
Noyes New Testament
Watch, therefore, for ye know not on what day your Lord is coming.
Sawyer New Testament
Watch, therefore, for you know not on what day your Lord comes,
The Emphasized Bible
Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, on what manner of day, your Lord is coming.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Webster
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
Weymouth New Testament
Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Williams New Testament
So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
World English Bible
Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
Worrell New Testament
Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming.
Worsley New Testament
Watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh:
Youngs Literal Translation
'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » When the lord will come
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the days will be like when the lord comes
End of the world » What events signal the end of the world
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should watch for
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Servants » Unfaithful servants
Watchfulness » Motives to » Uncertain time of the coming of Christ
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:42
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
41 two women shall be grinding at the mill, the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord shall come. 43 but this you conceive, that if a man knew at what hour of the night the thief would come, he would set a watch, and not suffer his house to be broke open.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:13
watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour.
Luke 21:36
be therefore upon your guard, be constant in prayer, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all those future ills, and be able to stand in the presence of the son of God.
Matthew 24:44
therefore be ye also prepar'd: for the son of man may come at an hour you least expect.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be upon the watch, stand firm in the faith, behave your selves like men of fortitude:
1 Thessalonians 5:6
therefore let us not sleep away our time like others, but be vigilant and temperate.
Matthew 24:36
As to the day and hour, that no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but the father only.
Revelation 16:15
"I shall come with surprize, happy he that is upon the watch, and keepeth his garments pure, that his vices may not put him to shame."
Matthew 26:38-41
and he said to them, "my soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:" stay here and watch by me.
Mark 13:33-37
be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be.
Luke 12:35-40
Let your loins be girt, and your lamps burning:
Romans 13:11
Consider likewise the present season, that now it is high time to rouse out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we first believed.
1 Peter 4:7
The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.
1 Peter 5:8
Be temperate, be vigilant: for your adversary the Devil goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Revelation 3:2-3
be watchful, and fortify the rest that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.