“Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.”
King James Version (KJV)
25:13 Watch therefore - He that watches has not only a burning lamp, but likewise oil in his vessel. And even when he sleepeth, his heart waketh. He is quiet; but not secure.
Mt 25:13 Watch therefore, etc. The whole parable is an illustration of this solemn admonition. APPLICATION.--The Bridegroom is the Son of man; the time of the "marriage" is the coming to judgment; the "tarrying" is the long and unknown period between his ascension and his return; the "virgins" represent the waiting church; the "wise" virgins represent those church members who are always ready and whose lights are shining; the oil in their vessels is the means by which their light is supplied; the "foolish" virgins are church members who have become cold and lifeless; the "midnight cry" is the summons of death, or the trump of judgment; the "cry for oil" is death-bed repentance, or an attempt at preparation in the face of judgment; the "shut" "door" is a declaration that such repentance is too late to be of avail; the great lesson is to be always in a state of readiness.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, wherein the Sonne of man commeth.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.
- Basic English Bible
Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.
- Darby Bible
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.
- Webster's Bible
Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.
- Weymouth Bible
Watch therefore, for you don't know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
- World English Bible
Therfor wake ye, for ye witen not the dai ne the our.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
- Youngs Literal Bible