Parallel Verses

Moffatt New Testament

Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come.

New American Standard Bible

“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.

King James Version

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Holman Bible

Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day your Lord is coming.

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

“So be alert [give strict attention, be cautious and active in faith], for you do not know which day [whether near or far] your Lord is coming.

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 King James verseion

Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Wake, therefore, because ye know not what hour your master 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
γρηγορεύω 
Gregoreuo 
Usage: 6

οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

for
ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

ye know not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ποῖος 
Poios 
Usage: 19

ὥρα 
Hora 
Usage: 67

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

References

Hastings

Context Readings

The Unknown Day And Hour

41 two women will be grinding at the millstone, one will be taken and one will be left. 42 Keep on the watch then, for you never know what day your Lord will come. 43 But be sure of this, that if the householder had known at what watch in the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.


Cross References

Matthew 25:13

Keep on the watch then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Luke 21:36

From hour to hour keep awake, praying that you may succeed in escaping all these dangers to come and in standing before the Son of man."

Matthew 24:44

So be ready yourselves, for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch, stand firm in the faith, play the man, be strong!

1 Thessalonians 5:6

Well then, we must not sleep like the rest of men, but be wakeful and sober;

Matthew 24:36

Now no one knows anything about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, but only my Father.

Revelation 16:15

(Lo, I am coming like a thief; blessed be he who keeps awake and holds his raiment fast, not to go naked and have the shame of exposure!)

Matthew 26:38-41

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

Mark 13:33-37

Take care, keep awake and pray; you never know the time.

Luke 12:35-40

Keep your loins girt and your lamps lit,

Romans 13:11

And then you know what this Crisis means, you know it is high time to waken up; for Salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.

1 Peter 4:7

Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!

1 Peter 5:8

Keep cool, keep awake. Your enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion, looking out for someone to devour.

Revelation 3:2-3

Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God.

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