Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to 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.

American Standard Version

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

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.

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 the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep. 6 But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. 7 Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights.

Cross References

Psalm 96:13

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Isaiah 25:9

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.

Amos 4:12

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.

Malachi 3:1-2

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a great sound of a horn, and they will get his saints together from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:44

Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

Matthew 25:1

Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, the friends of the bride, who took their lights, and went out with the purpose of meeting the husband.

Matthew 25:31

But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he be seated in his glory:

Mark 13:33-37

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Luke 12:38-40

And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

Luke 12:46

The lord of that servant will come at a time when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not ready for him, and he will have him cut in two and will give him his part in the fate of those who have no faith;

John 5:28-29

Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

1 Thessalonians 4:16

Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

But about the times and their order, my brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; and in that day the heavens will be rolled up with a great noise, and the substance of the earth will be changed by violent heat, and the world and everything in it will be burned up.

Jude 1:14-15

The prophet Enoch, who was the seventh after Adam, said of these men, The Lord came with tens of thousands of his saints,

Revelation 16:15

(See, I come as a thief. Happy is he who is watching and keeps his robes, so that he may not go unclothed, and his shame be seen.)

Revelation 19:7-9

Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.

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