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Berean Standard Bible

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.”

Matthew 25:13

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Study note

Jesus is teaching on the Mount of Olives about the end of the age. This verse concludes the parable of the ten bridesmaids, five wise and five foolish, who waited for the bridegroom.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

World English Bible (WEB)

Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

King James Version (KJV)

Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'Watch therefore, for you have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man does come.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Velad, pues, porque no sabéis el día ni la hora en que el Hijo del hombre ha de venir.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Por lo tanto, manténganse vigilantes, porque no saben cuándo ni a qué hora he de regresar.

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