Matthew 24:42
“¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come.”
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Matthew 24:42 Context
40Then shall two be in the field, the one shalbe taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp. 44Therefore be yee also ready: for in such an houre as you thinke not, the sonne of man commeth.
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Other Translations for Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
- King James Version
"Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.
- Basic English Bible
Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
- Darby Bible
Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
- Webster's Bible
Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
- Weymouth Bible
Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
- World English Bible
Therfor wake ye, for ye witen not in what our the Lord schal come.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Commentary for Matthew 24:42
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Wesley's Notes for Matthew 24:42
24:42 Ye know not what hour your Lord cometh - Either to require your soul of you, or to avenge himself of this nation. #Mark 13:33|; Luke 12:35; 21:34.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 24:42
Mt 24:42 Watch therefore. Because the coming will be unexpected. Mark adds, "and pray" (Mr 13:33).