Parallel Verses

Moffatt New Testament

Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

New American Standard Bible

“Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

King James Version

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Holman Bible

Watch! Be alert! For you don’t know when the time is coming.

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

“Be on guard and stay constantly alert [and pray]; for you do not know when the appointed time will come.

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.

Darby Translation

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye do not know when the time is:

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:

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Take ye heed
βλέπω 
Blepo 
Usage: 85

G69
ἀγρυπνέω 
Agrupneo 
Usage: 2

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

προσεύχομαι 
Proseuchomai 
Usage: 61

for
γάρ 
Gar 
for, , not tr
Usage: 825

ye know
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

πότε 
Pote 
Usage: 7

the time
καιρός 
Kairos 
Usage: 63

References

Images Mark 13:33

Context Readings

The Unknown Day And Hour

32 Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time. 34 It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch.

Cross References

Ephesians 6:18

praying at all times in the Spirit with all manner of prayer and entreaty ??be alive to that, attend to it unceasingly, interceding on behalf of all the saints

Matthew 24:42-44

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Matthew 26:40-41

Then he went to the disciples and found them asleep; and he said to Peter, "So the three of you could not watch with me for a single hour?

Mark 13:23

Now take care! I am telling you of it all beforehand.

Mark 13:35-37

Watch then, for you never know when the Lord of the House will come, in the late evening or at midnight or at cock-crow or in the morning.

Mark 14:37-38

Then he came and found them asleep; so he said to Peter, "Are you sleeping, Simon? Could you not watch for a single hour?

Luke 12:40

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Luke 21:34-36

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

Romans 13:11-12

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

Romans 13:14

No, put on the character of the Lord Jesus Christ, and never think how to gratify the cravings of the flesh.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

1 Thessalonians 5:5-8

you are all sons of the Light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or the darkness.

Hebrews 12:15

see to it that no one misses the grace of God, that no root of bitterness grows up to be a trouble by contaminating all the rest of you;

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

1 Peter 5:8

Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

Revelation 3:2

Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God.

Revelation 16:15

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

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