Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you asleep.
American Standard Version
lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Amplified
[stay alert,]
An Understandable Version
[Be alert], for he might come unexpectedly and find you asleep.
Anderson New Testament
lest he come suddenly, and find you sleeping.
Bible in Basic English
For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.
Common New Testament
lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for fear by his sudden return he should surprize you sleeping.
Darby Translation
lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Godbey New Testament
lest having come suddenly he may find you sleeping.
John Wesley New Testament
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Julia Smith Translation
Lest having come suddenly he find you sleeping.
King James 2000
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Lexham Expanded Bible
lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping.
Modern King James verseion
lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
lest if he come suddenly, he should find you sleeping.
Moffatt New Testament
Watch, in case he comes suddenly and finds you asleep.
NET Bible
or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.
New Heart English Bible
lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
Noyes New Testament
lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
Sawyer New Testament
lest, coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping.
The Emphasized Bible
Lest, coming suddenly, he find you, sleeping.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
lest coming suddenly he find you asleep.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Lest he should come suddenly and find you asleep.
Webster
Lest coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping.
Weymouth New Testament
Beware lest He should arrive unexpectedly and find you asleep.
Williams New Testament
so that he may not come unexpectedly and find you asleep.
World English Bible
lest coming suddenly he might find you sleeping.
Worrell New Testament
lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.
Worsley New Testament
least coming on a sudden he should find you sleeping.
Youngs Literal Translation
lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
Jesus Christ » Parables of » Man taking a far journey
Parables » Parables of Christ » Man taking a far journey
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should watch for
The second coming of Christ » The manner of » Suddenly
Sleep » Spiritual » Warnings against
Spiritual » Sleep » Warnings against
Watchfulness » Motives to » Uncertain time of the coming of Christ
Interlinear
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References
American
Hastings
Word Count of 35 Translations in Mark 13:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
35 Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning, 36 lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you I say to all, watch!
Names
Cross References
Mark 14:40
And having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down, and they knew not what they should reply to him.
Proverbs 6:9-11
How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 24:33-34
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
Song of Songs 3:1
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
Matthew 24:48-51
But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,
Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
Mark 14:37
And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, Do thou sleep? Could thou not watch one hour?
Luke 21:34
But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.
Luke 22:45
And after rising up from his prayer, having come to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.
Romans 13:11-14
And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.