Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Parallel translations
- KJV Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
- BSB Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.
- NKJV “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
- NASB Be on the alert then, because you do not know the day nor the hour.
- NLT “So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return.
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Cross-references · 11
- Matt 24:42–44Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
- Rev 16:15“Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
- 1 Th 5:6so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober.
- Luke 21:36Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
- 1 Cor 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
- Mark 13:33–37Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
- 1 Pet 5:8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Matt 24:50the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t expect it, and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
- 2 Tim 4:5But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
- 1 Pet 4:7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
- Acts 20:31Therefore watch, remembering that for a period of three years I didn’t cease to admonish everyone night and day with tears.
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