Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'
American Standard Version
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
Then at midnight someone shouted, 'Look, the [bride and] groom are here. Come on, let us go out and meet them.'
Anderson New Testament
And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him.
Bible in Basic English
But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.
Common New Testament
But at midnight there was a cry: 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'
Daniel Mace New Testament
and at midnight there was a sudden cry, see the bridegroom comes; go and meet him.
Darby Translation
But in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
Godbey New Testament
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye out to meet him.
Goodspeed New Testament
But in the middle of the night there was a shout 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out and meet him!'
John Wesley New Testament
But at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom cometh: come ye out to meet him.
Julia Smith Translation
And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting.
King James 2000
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go out to meet him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But in the middle of the night there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Modern King James verseion
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And even at midnight, there was a cry made, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh, go out against him.'
Moffatt New Testament
But at midnight the cry arose, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Montgomery New Testament
But at midnight there arose a cry, "'Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'
NET Bible
But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'
New Heart English Bible
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Look. The bridegroom. Come out to meet him.'
Noyes New Testament
But at midnight there was a cry, Lo! the bridegroom! go out to meet him.
Sawyer New Testament
but at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom; go out to meet him.
The Emphasized Bible
And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made - Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Then at midnight the cry came, Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go forth to meet him.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But at midnight a shout was raised--'The Bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
Webster
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Weymouth New Testament
But at midnight there is a loud cry, "'The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
Williams New Testament
But at midnight there was a shout, 'Here comes the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!'
World English Bible
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
Worrell New Testament
but at midnight a cry has been made, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him!'
Worsley New Testament
and in the middle of the night there was a cry, The bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.
Themes
Bridegroom » Christ as » Christ as
Christ » Appears, after his resurrection » Bridegroom
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » What the coming of the lord is likened to
Fool » Parables of » Of the foolish virgns
Fools » Are » Mere professors of religion
Jesus Christ » Parables of » Ten virgins
Jesus Christ » History of » Enunciates the parables of the ten virgins and of the talents
Kingdom of God » What the kingdom of God is likened to
Kingdom of heaven » Compared » To ten virgins
Marriage » Figurative » Parables from
Marriage » The bridegroom » Returned with the bride to his house at night
Parables » Parables of Christ » Ten virgins
The second coming of Christ » Illustrated
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 25:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Ten Virgins
5 Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. 7 Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 50:3-6
Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous round about him.
Psalm 96:13
before LORD, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
Psalm 98:9
before LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Isaiah 25:9
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God. We have waited for him, and he will save us. This is LORD. We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Amos 4:12
Therefore thus I will do to thee, O Israel, [and] because I will do this to thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
Malachi 3:1-2
Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me. And LORD, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple. And the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he comes, says LORD of hosts.
Matthew 24:31
And he will send forth his agents with a great trumpet sound, and they will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the boundaries of the heavens--as far as their boundaries.
Matthew 24:44
Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.
Matthew 25:1
Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to the bridegroom's gathering.
Matthew 25:31
But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the holy agents with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
Mark 13:33-37
Watch ye! Be alert and pray, for ye know not when the time is,
Luke 12:20
But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?
Luke 12:38-40
And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen.
Luke 12:46
the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving.
John 5:28-29
Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice,
1 Thessalonians 4:16
Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of the arch-agent, and with a trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first,
1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
But about the times and the seasons, brothers, ye have no need to be written to you.
2 Thessalonians 1:7-10
and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of Lord will come as a thief in the night, during which the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the elements, being intensely hot, will be disintegrated, and the earth and the works in it will be destroyed by fire.
Jude 1:14-15
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men, saying, Behold, Lord came with his holy myriads,
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.)
Revelation 19:7-9
We should be glad and rejoice and give the glory to him, because the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has prepared herself.