Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
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.
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.
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 ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at 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 heavy, and they had not known what they might answer him.
Proverbs 6:9-11
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Proverbs 24:33-34
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
Song of Songs 3:1
On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Song of Songs 5:2
I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! 'Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'
Isaiah 56:10
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Matthew 24:48-51
'And, if that evil servant may say in his heart, My Lord doth delay to come,
Matthew 25:5
'And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
Mark 14:37
And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith to Peter, 'Simon, thou dost sleep! thou wast not able to watch one hour!
Luke 21:34
'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
Luke 22:45
And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,
Romans 13:11-14
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
Ephesians 5:14
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,