Parallel Verses
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Therefore if they say to you, He is in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret closets; believe it not.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
So if they say to you, "Look! He's in the wilderness,' don't go out looking for him. And if they say, "Look! He's in the storeroom,' don't believe it,
A Conservative Version
If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the wilderness, do not go forth. Behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe.
American Standard Version
If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Therefore, if people say to you, 'Look, he [i.e., Christ. See verse 23] is in the desert,' do not go out there. [Or if they say], 'Look, he is in an inside room,' do not believe him.
Anderson New Testament
Therefore, if they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert; go not out: Behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Bible in Basic English
If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.
Common New Testament
So if they say to you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
wherefore, if they shall say to you, now he is in the desert, do not stir: or now, he is in the secret chambers, believe them not.
Darby Translation
If therefore they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; behold, he is in the inner chambers, do not believe it.
Godbey New Testament
Therefore if they may say to you, Behold, He is in the desert; go not out: Behold, He is in the secret chambers; believe them not.
Goodspeed New Testament
So if they say to you, 'There he is, in the desert!' do not go out there; 'Here he is, in a room in here!' do not believe it.
John Wesley New Testament
Therefore if they say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth: Behold he is in the secret chambers, believe it not.
Julia Smith Translation
If therefore they should say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth; Behold, in the store-houses, believe ye not.
King James 2000
Therefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore if they say to you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, [or] 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe [it]!
Modern King James verseion
Therefore if they shall say to you, Behold, He is in the desert! Do not go out. Behold, He is in the secret rooms! Do not believe it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, 'Behold, he is in the desert,' go not forth: 'Lo, he is in the secret places,' believe not.
Moffatt New Testament
If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.
Montgomery New Testament
"'See, He is in the desert,' do not go out there. "'See, He is in the inner room,' do not believe it.
NET Bible
So then, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe him.
New Heart English Bible
If therefore they tell you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out; 'Look, he is in the inner chambers,' do not believe it.
Noyes New Testament
If therefore they say to you, Lo! he is in the wilderness; go not forth; lo! he is in the private chambers; believe them not.
Sawyer New Testament
If, therefore, they say to you, Behold he is in the wilderness, go not forth; Behold he is in private rooms, believe it not.
The Emphasized Bible
If therefore they should say unto you, Lo! in the desert, he is, Do not go forth; Lo! in the chambers, Do not believe it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore, if people say to you 'He is in the Wilderness!', do not go out there; or 'He is in an inner room!', do not believe it;
Webster
Wherefore, if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Weymouth New Testament
If therefore they should say to you, 'See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or 'See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.
Williams New Testament
So if they say to you, 'Here He is in the desert,' do not go out to see. Or 'Here He is in some secret place,' do not believe it.
World English Bible
If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' don't believe it.
Worrell New Testament
If, therefore, they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness;' go not forth; 'Behold, He is in the secret chambers,' believe it not,
Worsley New Testament
Behold, he is in the desert, go not out: behold, he is the secret chambers, believe them not:
Youngs Literal Translation
'If therefore they may say to you, Lo, in the wilderness he is, ye may not go forth; lo, in the inner chambers, ye may not believe;
Themes
Jesus The Prophet » Foretold things to come
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
End of the world » What events signal the end of the world
Jesus Christ » Revelations by » AntiChrist
Jesus Christ » Prophet » Foretold things to come
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Abomination Of Desolation
25 Behold, I have forewarned you. 26 Therefore if they say to you, He is in the wilderness; go not out: lo! he is in the secret closets; believe it not. 27 For as the lightning cometh out from the east, and flashes to the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
Cross References
Acts 21:38
Art not thou certainly that Egyptian who some time since raised a sedition, and led out into the desert four thousand cutthroats?
Matthew 3:1
THEN in those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the desert country of Judea,
Luke 3:2-3
when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness;