The Day Is Near
Romans 13:12
In 9 translations
- BSB
- The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- KJV
- The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- WEB
- The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.
- ASV
- The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
- LSV
- the night advanced, and the day came near; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armor of the light;
- YLT
- the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
- DBY
- The night is far spent, and the day is near; let us cast away therefore the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
- DRC
- The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light.
- GNV
- The night is past, and the day is at hande, let vs therefore cast away the workes of darkenesse, and let vs put on the armour of light,
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἀποθώμεθα (“We may cast off”); SBLGNT (2010) read ἀποβαλώμεθα (“We may throw away”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include καὶ (“and”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include δὲ (“now”); 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: ἀποβαλώμεθα. Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor) read ἀποβαλώμεθα; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἀποθώμεθα.
- SBLGNT: ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ; Robinson–Pierpont read καὶ ἐνδυσώμεθα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν. ἀποβαλώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, ἐνδυσώμεθα δὲ τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός.
- RP2018
- Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καὶ ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἡ νὺξ προέκοψεν, ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤγγικεν· ἀποθώμεθα οὖν τὰ ἔργα τοῦ σκότους, καὶ ἐνδυσώμεθα τὰ ὅπλα τοῦ φωτός.
- SCR1894
- η νυξ προεκοψεν η δε ημερα ηγγικεν αποθωμεθα ουν τα εργα του σκοτους και ενδυσωμεθα τα οπλα του φωτος
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 18:31–32Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares…
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 2 Corinthians 6:7in truthful speech and in the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left;
- Colossians 3:8–17But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, and have put…
- James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
- Ephesians 6:11–18Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this…
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Romans 13:14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Isaiah 30:22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5–8For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at…
- John 3:19–21And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
- 1 Peter 2:1Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- 1 John 2:8–9Then again, I am also writing to you a new commandment, which is true in Him and also in you. For the darkness is fading and the true light is already shining. If anyone claims to be in the light but hates his brother,…
- Song of Songs 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
- 1 John 1:5–7And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the…
- Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
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