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Readiness at Any Hour

Matthew 24:41

In 9 translations

BSB
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
KJV
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
WEB
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.
ASV
two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.
LSV
two [women] will be grinding in the mill: one is received, and one is left.
YLT
two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.
DBY
two [women] grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left.
DRC
Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.
GNV
Two women shalbe grinding at ye mill: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μύλῳ (“mill”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μύλωνι (“millhouse”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: μύλῳ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μύλῳ; Robinson–Pierpont read μύλωνι.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μύλῳ, μία παραλαμβάνεται καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
RP2018
Δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μύλωνι· μία παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
TR-Boyd
Δύο ἀλήθουσαι ἐν τῷ μύλωνι· μία παραλαμβάνεται, καὶ μία ἀφίεται.
SCR1894
δυο αληθουσαι εν τω μυλωνι μια παραλαμβανεται και μια αφιεται

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 17:35Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.”
  • Exodus 11:5and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.
  • Isaiah 47:2Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

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