Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Then shall be two in the field; one shall be taken, and one is let go;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
At that time, two people will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be left behind.
A Conservative Version
Then two men will be in the field, one is taken, and one is left.
American Standard Version
Then shall two man be in the field; one is taken, and one is left:
Amplified
An Understandable Version
At that time there will be two men [working] in a field; one will be taken [i.e., to be with the Lord. See I Thess. 4:17], while the other one will be left [i.e., to be punished by the Lord. See II Thess. 1:7-9].
Anderson New Testament
Then two men shall be in the field; one shall be taken, and the other left.
Bible in Basic English
Then two men will be in the field; one is taken, and one let go;
Common New Testament
Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
Daniel Mace New Testament
of two persons, who shall be then in the field, one shall be taken, and the other left.
Darby Translation
Then two shall be in the field, one is taken and one is left;
Godbey New Testament
Then two men shall be in the field; one is taken, and one is left.
Goodspeed New Testament
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left.
John Wesley New Testament
Then shall two be in the field: one is taken, and one is left. Two women shall be grinding in the mill;
King James 2000
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.
Modern King James verseion
Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then two shall be in the fields: the one shall be received, and the other shall be refused,
Moffatt New Testament
Then there will be two men in the field, one will be taken and one will be left;
Montgomery New Testament
At that time there will be two men in the field; one will be taken, and one will be left.
NET Bible
Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left.
New Heart English Bible
Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
Noyes New Testament
Then will two men be in the field; one will be taken, and one left.
Sawyer New Testament
Then two shall be in the field; one is taken and the other left.
The Emphasized Bible
Then, shall there be two men in the field, - one, is taken near, and, one, is left behind:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then two shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other dismissed.
Twentieth Century New Testament
At that time, of two men on a farm one will be taken and one left;
Webster
Then will two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Weymouth New Testament
Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
Williams New Testament
Two men will be in the field; one will be taken, one will be left.
World English Bible
Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left;
Worrell New Testament
Then two men will be in the field; one is carried off, and one is left behind;
Worsley New Testament
Then there shall be two in the field, the one shall be taken and the other left:
Youngs Literal Translation
Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the days will be like when the lord comes
End of the world » What events signal the end of the world
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Final separation of the righteous and the wicked
Topics
Interlinear
Esomai
Esomai
Paralambano
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
39 And knew not till the inundation came, and took them all away; so also shall be the arrival of the Son of man. 40 Then shall be two in the field; one shall be taken, and one is let go; 41 Two grinding in the mill; one shall be taken, and one let go.
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 17:34-37
I say to you, that night shall be two upon one bed; one shall be taken, and the other let go.
2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but Noah the eighth, a herald of justice, he watched, having brought an inundation upon the world of the irreligious;
2 Peter 2:7-9
And just Lot, being harassed by the licentiousness of the lawless for the turning back, he delivered:
2 Chronicles 33:12-24
And when straits were to him he besought the face of Jehovah his God, and he will humble himself greatly from before the God of his fathers.
Luke 23:39-43
And one of the evil doers hanged, blasphemed him, saying, If thou art Christ, save thyself and us.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who distinguishes thee? and what hast thou which thou didst not receive? and if thou also didst receive, why dost thou boast, as not having received?