Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

New American Standard Bible

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

King James Version

And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Holman Bible

“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

International Standard Version

But at midnight there came a shout: "The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

A Conservative Version

But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering.

Amplified

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.’

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

νύξ 
Nux 
Usage: 52

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

a cry
κραυγή 
Krauge 
Usage: 5

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

νυμφίος 
Numphios 
Usage: 5

ἔρχομαι 
Erchomai 
come, go, , vr come
Usage: 424

go ye
ἐξέρχομαι 
Exerchomai 
go out, come, depart, go, go forth, come out, come forth,
Usage: 164

out
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

to meet
ἀπάντησις 
Apantesis 
to meet 9
Usage: 2

References

Context Readings

The Parable Of The Ten Virgins

5 Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Cross References

Psalm 50:3-6

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

Psalm 96:13

Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

Before Jehovah; for he cometh 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 Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Amos 4:12

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel; and because I will do this unto 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 the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Matthew 24:31

And he shall send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:31

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

Mark 13:33-37

Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Luke 12:20

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Luke 12:38-40

And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them'so blessed are those'servants .

Luke 12:46

the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

John 5:28-29

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to you that are afflicted rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power in flaming fire,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Jude 1:14-15

And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walked naked, and they see his shame.)

Revelation 19:7-9

Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

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