Luke 12:38
“And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those seruants.”
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Luke 12:38 Context
36And ye your selues like vnto men that waite for their Lord, when he will returne from the wedding, that when he commeth and knocketh, they may open vnto him immediately. 37Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth, shall find watching: Uerily, I say vnto you, That he shall girde himselfe, and make them to sit downe to meate, and will come foorth and serue them. 38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those seruants. 39And this know, that if the good man of the house had knowen what houre the theefe would come, he would haue watched, and not haue suffred his house to be broken thorow. 40Be yee therefore ready also: for the sonne of man commeth at an houre when yee thinke not.
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Other Translations for Luke 12:38
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
- King James Version
"Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds {them} so, blessed are those {slaves.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find `them' so blessed are those `servants'.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.
- Basic English Bible
And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
- Darby Bible
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- Webster's Bible
And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they.
- Weymouth Bible
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.
- World English Bible
And if he come in the secounde wakynge, and if he come in the thridde wakynge, and fynde so, tho seruauntis ben blessid.
- Wycliffe Bible
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find [it] so, happy are those servants.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Luke 12:38
12:38 The Jews frequently divided the night into three watches, to which our Lord seems here to allude.
People's Bible Notes for Luke 12:38
Lu 12:38 In the second watch. The Jews divided the night into four watches. The second and third covered the midnight hours.