Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming.
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 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.
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.
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 Of two women grinding with the hand-mill one will be taken and one left. 42 Therefore watch; for you cannot be sure on what day your Master is coming. 43 But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 25:13
Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.
Luke 21:36
Be on the watch at all times, and pray that you may have strength to escape all that is destined to happen, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
Matthew 24:44
Therefore, do you also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful; stand firm in your faith; show yourselves men; be strong.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
Therefore let us not sleep as others do. No, let us be watchful and self-controlled.
Matthew 24:36
But about that Day and Hour, no one knows--not even the angels of Heaven, nor yet the Son--but only the Father himself.
Revelation 16:15
('I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.')
Matthew 26:38-41
"I am sad at heart," he said, "sad even to death; wait here and watch with me."
Mark 13:33-37
See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.
Luke 12:35-40
Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;
Romans 13:11
This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
1 Peter 5:8
Exercise self-control, be watchful. Your adversary, the Devil, like a roaring lion, is prowling about, eager to devour you.
Revelation 3:2-3
Be on the watch, and strengthen what still survives, though once it was all but dead; for I have not found your life perfect in the eyes of my God.