Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.
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.
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;
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 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.
Phrases
Names
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!)