Readiness at Any Hour
Mark 13:35
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- KJV
- Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
- WEB
- Watch therefore, for you don’t know when the lord of the house is coming—whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
- ASV
- Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;
- LSV
- watch, therefore, for you have not known when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at rooster-crowing, or at the morning;
- YLT
- watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;
- DBY
- Watch therefore, for ye do not know when the master of the house comes: evening, or midnight, or cock-crow, or morning;
- DRC
- Watch ye therefore, (for you know not when the lord of the house cometh: at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning,)
- GNV
- Watch ye therefore, (for ye know not whe ye master of the house will come, at eue, or at midnight, at the cocke crowing, or in the dawning,)
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μεσονύκτιον (“at midnight”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μεσονυκτίου (“at midnight”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include ἢ (“or”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.
- SBLGNT: ἢ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἢ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
- SBLGNT: μεσονύκτιον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μεσονύκτιον; Robinson–Pierpont read μεσονυκτίου.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- γρηγορεῖτε οὖν, οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ἢ ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ,
- RP2018
- Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ὀψέ, ἢ μεσονυκτίου, ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας, ἢ πρωΐ·
- TR-Boyd
- Γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ὀψέ, ἢ μεσονυκτίου, ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας, ἢ πρωΐ·
- SCR1894
- γρηγορειτε ουν ουκ οιδατε γαρ ποτε ο κυριος της οικιας ερχεται οψε η μεσονυκτιου η αλεκτοροφωνιας η πρωι
Who and where
◆ Holy Week◆ Olivet Discourse
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
CockCock-CrowingDayWatchfulnessWatches of NightEveningFoundationMillennium, Premillennial ViewDay and NightEarth
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Mark 13:33Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- Matthew 24:42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- Matthew 24:44For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
- Mark 14:30“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
- Mark 6:48He could see that the disciples were straining to row, because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the sea. He intended to pass by them,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).