Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.

New American Standard Bible

Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

King James Version

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Holman Bible

“Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.

International Standard Version

So keep on watching, because you don't know the day or the hour."

American Standard Version

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Amplified

Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come].

An Understandable Version

Therefore, you should be watchful, for you do not know the day or hour [i.e., when the Son of man will return].

Anderson New Testament

Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Bible in Basic English

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

Common New Testament

Therefore keep watch, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Daniel Mace New Testament

watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour.

Darby Translation

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Godbey New Testament

Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.

Goodspeed New Testament

So you must be on the watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

John Wesley New Testament

Watch therefore; for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Julia Smith Translation

Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day, neither the hour, in which the Son of man comes.

King James 2000

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man comes.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!

Modern King James verseion

Therefore watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of Man comes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Look that ye watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor yet the hour, when the son of man shall come.

Moffatt New Testament

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

Montgomery New Testament

"Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

NET Bible

Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.

New Heart English Bible

Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour.

Noyes New Testament

Watch, therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Sawyer New Testament

Watch, therefore, for you know not the day nor the hour.

The Emphasized Bible

Be watching, therefore, because ye know, neither the day nor the hour.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Therefore watch, since you know neither the Day nor the Hour.

Webster

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

Weymouth New Testament

"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Williams New Testament

So you must keep on watching, for you do not know either the day or the hour.

World English Bible

Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

Worrell New Testament

Watch, therefore, because ye know not the day, nor the hour!

Worsley New Testament

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day, nor the season in which the Son of man cometh.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man 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
εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

the day
ἡμέρα 
hemera 
day, daily 9, time, not tr,
Usage: 287

nor
οὐδέ 
Oude 
neither, nor, not, no not, not so much as, then not, not tr,
Usage: 83

the hour
ὥρα 
Hora 
Usage: 67

ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

the Son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

of man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
Usage: 316

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Matthew 25:13

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Ten Virgins

12 But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes. 14 For, like a man going on a journey, he called his own bondmen, and delivered to them the things possessed by him.


Cross References

Matthew 24:42-44

Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.

Mark 13:33-37

Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,

1 Corinthians 16:13

Watch ye, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

Matthew 24:50

the lord of that bondman will come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware,

Luke 21:36

Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.

Acts 20:31

Therefore watch ye, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease warning each one with tears.

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober.

2 Timothy 4:5

But be thou sober in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, bring thy ministry to fullness.

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant. Your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about seeking whom to devour.

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, so that he may not walk naked, and they see his shame.)

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