Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"So keep on watching, because you don't know on what day your Lord is coming.
A Conservative Version
Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.
American Standard Version
Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Therefore be alert, for you do not know on what day the Lord will come.
Anderson New Testament
"Watch, therefore, for you know not at what hour your Lord is coming.
Bible in Basic English
Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
Common New Testament
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
Daniel Mace New Testament
watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord shall come.
Darby Translation
Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
Godbey New Testament
Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.
Goodspeed New Testament
So you must be on the watch, for you do not know on what day your Master is coming.
John Wesley New Testament
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
Julia Smith Translation
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord comes.
King James 2000
Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know what day your Lord is coming!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Wake, therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come.
Moffatt New Testament
Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.
Montgomery New Testament
Keep guard then, for you do not know the day on which your Master is coming.
NET Bible
"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
New Heart English Bible
Watch therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord comes.
Noyes New Testament
Watch, therefore, for ye know not on what day your Lord is coming.
Sawyer New Testament
Watch, therefore, for you know not on what day your Lord comes,
The Emphasized Bible
Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, on what manner of day, your Lord is coming.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Watch therefore: for ye know not at what hour your Master cometh.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
Webster
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
Weymouth New Testament
Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Williams New Testament
So keep on watching, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.
World English Bible
Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
Worrell New Testament
Watch ye, therefore, because ye know not in what day your Lord is coming.
Worsley New Testament
Watch therefore, for ye know not at what hour your Lord cometh:
Youngs Literal Translation
'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
Themes
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Coming of the lord
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » When the lord will come
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 » Saints » Should watch for
The second coming of Christ » Signs preceding
Servants » Unfaithful servants
Watchfulness » Motives to » Uncertain time of the coming of Christ
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 24:42
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unknown Day And Hour
41 Two shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes. 43 But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:13
Therefore watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of Man comes.
Luke 21:36
Watch therefore, praying in every season that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things which shall occur, and to stand before the Son of Man.
Matthew 24:44
Therefore you also be ready, for in that hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Watch! Stand fast in the faith! Be men! Be strong!
1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be calm.
Matthew 24:36
But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels of Heaven, but only My Father.
Revelation 16:15
Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is the one who watches and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.
Matthew 26:38-41
Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Wait here and watch with Me.
Mark 13:33-37
Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is.
Luke 12:35-40
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning.
Romans 13:11
This also, knowing the time, that it is already time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sensible to prayers.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sensible and vigilant, because your adversary the Devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour;
Revelation 3:2-3
Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die. For I have not found your works being fulfilled before God.