Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.
Parallel translations
- WEB two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.
- KJV Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- BSB Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
- NKJV Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
- NLT Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.
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Quick answer
Two women grinding at the mill: one taken, one left. Again Christ's coming separates those engaged in identical tasks.
Overview
Like the men in the field, two women share the same labor yet meet different ends at the Lord's coming. The repeated image stresses that nearness in life and work does not determine one's standing before God. The separation is individual and based on relationship to Christ. This sobering picture presses the call to personal readiness.
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Cross-references · 3
- Luke 17:35There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken, and the other will be left.”
- Isa 47:2Take the millstones, and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.
- Exod 11:5and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.
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