Parallel Verses
Noyes New Testament
And if in the second, or if in the third watch, he cometh and findeth them thus, happy are they.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
How blessed they will be if their master comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them awake!
A Conservative Version
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen.
American Standard Version
And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them'so blessed are those'servants .
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And if he comes between nine o'clock and midnight or between midnight and three o'clock in the morning and finds them being watchful, those slaves will be blessed [for doing so].
Anderson New Testament
And if he shall come in the second watch, and if he shall come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those servants.
Bible in Basic English
And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.
Common New Testament
If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants.
Daniel Mace New Testament
happy are the servants he finds in such a state, whether it be at the second or at the third watch of the night, when he comes.
Darby Translation
And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those bondmen.
Godbey New Testament
If at the second, and third, watch he may come, happy are ye.
Goodspeed New Testament
Whether he comes late at night or early in the morning and finds them on the watch, they are blessed.
John Wesley New Testament
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, happy are those servants.
Julia Smith Translation
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, happy are those servants.
King James 2000
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!
Modern King James verseion
And if he comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and find it so, blessed are those servants.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if he come in the second watch, yea, if he come in the third watch, and shall find them so, happy are those servants.
Moffatt New Testament
Whether he comes in the second or the third watch of the night and finds them thus alert, blessed are they!
Montgomery New Testament
"And whether it be in the second watch, or in the third, that he comes, and so finds them, happy are those slaves.
NET Bible
Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves!
New Heart English Bible
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
Sawyer New Testament
And if he comes in the second watch, and comes in the third watch, and finds them thus, blessed are they.
The Emphasized Bible
And, if, in the second, or if, in the third, watch, he come and find, thus, happy, are, they!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so watchful, blessed are those servants.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Whether it is late at night, or in the early morning that he comes, if he finds all as it should be, then happy are they.
Webster
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Weymouth New Testament
And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they.
Williams New Testament
Whether he comes before or after midnight, if he finds them so, happy are they.
World English Bible
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
Worrell New Testament
And, if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, happy are they!
Worsley New Testament
And if he come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find them so, happy indeed are those servants.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The servants waiting for their lord
Night » Divided into four watches by the romans
The second coming of Christ » Blessedness of being prepared for
Topics
Interlinear
En
ἐν
En
Usage: 2128
Phulake
φυλακή
Phulake
Usage: 35
Deuteros
Phulake
φυλακή
Phulake
Usage: 35
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 12:38
Verse Info
Context Readings
On The Alert For The Master's Return
37 Happy are those servants, whom their lord when he cometh shall find watching; truly do I say to you, that he will gird himself, and place them at table, and will come and wait on them. 38 And if in the second, or if in the third watch, he cometh and findeth them thus, happy are they. 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.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:6
But at midnight there was a cry, Lo! the bridegroom! go out to meet him.
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day should overtake you as a thief;