Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
lest he arrive suddenly [and] 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.
A Conservative Version
lest having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping.
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.
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
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References
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Hastings
Word Count of 35 Translations in Mark 13:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
35 Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or early in the morning-- 36 lest he arrive suddenly [and] find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to everyone: Be on the alert!"
Names
Cross References
Mark 14:40
And again he came [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}, and they did not know what to reply to him.
Proverbs 6:9-11
How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
Proverbs 24:33-34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
Song of Songs 3:1
On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
Song of Songs 5:2
I [was] asleep but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved knocking! "Open to me, my sister, my beloved, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is full of dew, {my hair drenched from the moist night air}."
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.
Matthew 24:48-51
But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'
Matthew 25:5
And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
Mark 14:37
And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?
Luke 21:34
"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly
Luke 22:45
And [when he] got up from the prayer [and] came to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,
Romans 13:11-14
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.