Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Be careful! Watch out! Because you don't know when the time will come.
A Conservative Version
Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,
American Standard Version
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
"You should pay attention; be alert and pray, for you do not know when the time will come [i.e., for the Lord to return].
Anderson New Testament
Take heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.
Bible in Basic English
Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.
Common New Testament
Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.
Daniel Mace New Testament
be circumspect, be vigilant, and devout: because you are uncertain when that time will be.
Godbey New Testament
Beware, watch; for you know not when the time is.
Goodspeed New Testament
You must look out and be on the alert, for you do not know when it will be time;
John Wesley New Testament
Take heed; watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Julia Smith Translation
See, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
King James 2000
Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!
Modern King James verseion
Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed: watch, and pray, for ye know not when the time is:
Moffatt New Testament
Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.
Montgomery New Testament
nor the Son, but only the Father.
NET Bible
Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come.
New Heart English Bible
Watch, keep alert; for you do not know when the time is.
Noyes New Testament
Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.
Sawyer New Testament
Observe, watch, for you know not when the time is.
The Emphasized Bible
Be taking heed, be watching, for ye know not, when, the season is: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Take ye heed, watch, and pray; for ye know not when the time is.
Twentieth Century New Testament
See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
Webster
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Weymouth New Testament
Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.
Williams New Testament
Keep looking, keep alert, for you do not know when the time will be.
World English Bible
Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don't know when the time is.
Worrell New Testament
Take heed, watch [and pray]; for ye know not when the time is.
Worsley New Testament
Take heed therefore, watch and pray; for ye know not when the time is:
Youngs Literal Translation
Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
Judgment » The certainty of, a motive to » Prayer and watchfulness
Watchfulness » For the coming of Christ, reasons for » The uncertainty of the time of
Topics
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 13:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
32 But of that day or of that hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is: 34 it is as a man gone out of the country, having left his house and given to his bondmen the authority, and to each one his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ephesians 6:18
praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints;
Matthew 24:42-44
Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:40-41
And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?
Mark 13:23
But do ye take heed: behold, I have told you all things beforehand.
Mark 13:35-37
Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning;
Mark 14:37-38
And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, dost thou sleep? Hast thou not been able to watch one hour?
Luke 12:40
And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.
Luke 21:34-36
But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
Romans 13:11-12
This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Romans 13:14
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take forethought for the flesh to fulfil its lusts.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be vigilant; stand fast in the faith; quit yourselves like men; be strong.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-8
for all ye are sons of light and sons of day; we are not of night nor of darkness.
Hebrews 12:15
watching lest there be any one who lacks the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;
1 Peter 5:8
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
Revelation 3:2
Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain, which are about to die, for I have not found thy works complete before my God.
Revelation 16:15
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches and keeps his garments, that he may not walk naked, and that they may not see his shame.)