Parallel Verses

Common New Testament

But at midnight there was a cry: 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out 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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to 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 While the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. 6 But at midnight there was a cry: 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' 7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.

Cross References

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Matthew 24:44

Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Matthew 25:1

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

Matthew 25:31

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Mark 13:33-37

Take heed, watch; for you do not know when the time will come.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have prepared?'

Luke 12:38-40

If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants.

Luke 12:46

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him, and at an hour he is not aware of, and he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

John 5:28-29

Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

Now as to the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need to have anything written to you.

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.

Jude 1:14-15

It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of his holy ones,

Revelation 16:15

("Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.")

Revelation 19:7-9

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory! For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.

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