Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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 the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping, 6 and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him. 7 'Then rose all those virgins, and trimmed their lamps,

Cross References

Psalm 50:3-6

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

Psalm 96:13

Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Psalm 98:9

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Isaiah 25:9

And one hath said in that day, 'Lo, this is our God, We waited for Him, and He saveth us, This is Jehovah, we have waited for Him, We joy and rejoice in His salvation.'

Amos 4:12

Therefore, thus I do to thee, O Israel, at last, Because this I do to thee, Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

Malachi 3:1-2

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

Matthew 24:31

and he shall send his messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the ends of the heavens unto the ends thereof.

Matthew 24:44

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

Matthew 25:1

'Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom;

Matthew 25:31

'And whenever the Son of Man may come in his glory, and all the holy messengers with him, then he shall sit upon a throne of his glory;

Mark 13:33-37

Take heed, watch and pray, for ye have not known when the time is;

Luke 12:20

And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

Luke 12:38-40

and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.

Luke 12:46

the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for him, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

John 5:28-29

'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,

1 Thessalonians 4:16

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

And concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need of my writing to you,

2 Thessalonians 1:7-10

and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,

2 Peter 3:10

and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

Jude 1:14-15

And prophesy also to these did the seventh from Adam -- Enoch -- saying, 'Lo, the Lord did come in His saintly myriads,

Revelation 16:15

lo, I do come as a thief; happy is he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' --

Revelation 19:7-9

may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

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