Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing this when he comes!
A Conservative Version
Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.
American Standard Version
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
Blessed is that servant, whom his master, when he comes, shall find so doing.
Bible in Basic English
A blessing on that servant, who will be doing so when his lord comes.
Common New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes will find so doing.
Daniel Mace New Testament
who shall be found so employed, at his master's return.
Darby Translation
Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.
Godbey New Testament
Happy is that servant whom, his lord having come, will find so doing.
Goodspeed New Testament
Blessed is that slave if his master when he returns finds him doing it.
John Wesley New Testament
Happy is that servant, whom his Lord coming shall find so doing.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy that servant which his lord, having come, shall find doing thus.
King James 2000
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Blessed [is] that slave whom his master will find so doing [when he] comes back.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed is that servant whom his Lord shall find him doing so when He comes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Happy is that servant: whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Moffatt New Testament
Blessed is that servant if his lord and master finds him so doing when he arrives!
Montgomery New Testament
Blessed is that slave whom his Master, when he comes, shall find so doing.
NET Bible
Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes.
New Heart English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Noyes New Testament
Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Sawyer New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his Lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.
The Emphasized Bible
Happy! that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find so doing!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he cometh shall find thus occupied.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Happy will that servant be whom his master, when he comes home, shall find doing this.
Webster
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.
Weymouth New Testament
Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!
Williams New Testament
Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.
World English Bible
Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
Worrell New Testament
Happy is that servant whom his lord, when he comes, shall find so doing.
Worsley New Testament
blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so employed:
Youngs Literal Translation
Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;
Themes
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
Parables » Parables of Christ » Faithful, and evil servants
The second coming of Christ » Blessedness of being prepared for
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Servants » Unfaithful servants
Servants » When good » Are blessed by God
Topics
Interlinear
References
American
Morish
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:46
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Faithful Slave And An Unfaithful Slave
45 "Who then, is the trustworthy and sensible slave, to whom his master has assigned the management of his household to provide timely meals for its members? 46 That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well]. 47 Truly I tell you, he will put that slave in charge of his entire estate.
Names
Cross References
Revelation 16:15
[Note: At this point the Lord's voice breaks into John's vision]. ("Look, I am coming like a thief. That person is happy who stays alert and is dressed [properly], so he does not appear naked and have to be shamefully exposed").
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those at His right side, 'You who are blessed by my Father, come and receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the creation of the world,
Luke 12:37
Those slaves whom their master finds being watchful when he returns are [certainly] blessed. Truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt [i.e., get things ready] and have them recline [at his dinner table] and will come and serve them.
Luke 12:43
That servant will be happy when his master returns to find him doing [his job] well.
Philippians 1:21-23
For life to me is Christ, and if I die, it would be gain.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
For I am already being "poured out like a drink offering," and the time for me to leave has come. [Note: Paul here likens the prospect of shedding his blood for the work of Christ to the pouring of wine and oil on an Old Testament sacrifice].
2 Peter 1:13-15
But I consider it the right thing to do, as long as I am in this "tent" [Note: This is an allusion to his still being alive], to stir up your memory [of these things],
Revelation 2:19
I know about your deeds, your love, your faith, your service and your endurance, and that your most recent deeds are more numerous than when you first began [your Christian lives].