Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

But in the middle of the night there was a shout, '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.

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.

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 And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 But in the middle of the night there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' 7 Then all those virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

Cross References

Psalm 50:3-6

Our God comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.

Psalm 96:13

before Yahweh, for he is coming; for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge [the] world with righteousness, and [the] peoples with his faithfulness.

Psalm 98:9

before Yahweh, for [he is] coming to judge the earth. He will judge [the] world with righteousness and [the] peoples with equity.

Isaiah 25:9

And one will say, on that day, "Look! This [is] our God! We have waited for him and he saved us! This [is] Yahweh; we waited for him! Let us be glad, and let us rejoice in his salvation."

Amos 4:12

"Therefore, thus I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, O Israel, prepare to meet your God!

Malachi 3:1-2

"Look! I [am] going to send my messenger, and he will prepare [the] way {before me}. And the Lord whom you [are] seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, [in] whom you [are] taking pleasure--look!--[he is] about to come," says Yahweh of hosts.

Matthew 24:31

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

Matthew 24:44

For this [reason] you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think [he will come].

Matthew 25:1

"Then the kingdom of heaven may be compared to ten virgins who took their lamps [and] went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 25:31

Now 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

Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Luke 12:38-40

Even if he should come back in the second or in the third watch of the night and find [them] like this, blessed are they!

Luke 12:46

the master of that slave will come on a day that he does not expect and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in two and assign his place with the unbelievers.

John 5:28-29

"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice

1 Thessalonians 4:16

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

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need [of anything] to be written to you,

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to you who are being afflicted, rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his powerful angels,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.

Jude 1:14-15

And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about these [people], saying, "Behold, the Lord came with tens of thousands of his holy ones

Revelation 16:15

(Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed [is] the one who is on the alert and who keeps his clothing, so that he does not walk around naked and they see his shamefulness!)

Revelation 19:7-9

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has prepared herself.

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