Matthew 24:41
“Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left.”
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Matthew 24:41 Context
39And knew not vntill the Flood came, and tooke them all away: so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field, the one shalbe taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42¶ Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the good man of the house had knowen in what watch the thiefe would come, he would haue watched, and would not haue suffered his house to be broken vp.
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Other Translations for Matthew 24:41
Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- King James Version
"Two women {will be} grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
two women `shall be' grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.
- Basic English Bible
two [women] grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left.
- Darby Bible
Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- Webster's Bible
Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
- Weymouth Bible
two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.
- World English Bible
twey wymmen schulen be gryndynge in o queerne, oon schal be takun, and `the tother left; tweyn in a bedde, `the toon schal be takun, and the tother left.
- Wycliffe Bible
two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 24:41
24:41 Two women shall be grinding - Which was then a common employment of women.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 24:41
Mt 24:41 Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill. The hand-mills still used in the East. The grinding is done by women, usually two, as the work is hard for one. It will be the time of separation of the evil from the good.