Matthew 24:42 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lo…”

Matthew 24:42

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

World English Bible

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

American Standard Version

Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.

Geneva Bible 1599

Watch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come.

Darby Translation

Watch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.

Young's Literal Translation

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

Bible in Basic English

Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come.

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Cross references

“Watch”

Luke 21:36 1 Thessalonians 5:6 Matthew 25:13 Revelation 16:15 1 Corinthians 16:13 Luke 12:35–40

Luke 21:36 · BSB

So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

1 Thessalonians 5:6 · BSB

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

Matthew 25:13 · BSB

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Revelation 16:15 · BSB

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”

1 Corinthians 16:13 · BSB

Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong.

Luke 12:35–40 · BSB

Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.

“for”

Matthew 24:36 Matthew 24:44 Mark 13:33

Matthew 24:36 · BSB

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew 24:44 · BSB

For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

Mark 13:33 · BSB

Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

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