Verse 40

Therefore be ready also: for the Son of Man comes at an hour you do not expect.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Vær derfor også beredt; for Menneskesønnen kommer i den time dere ikke tror.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Vær derfor også rede, for i den time dere ikke tenker, kommer Menneskesønnen.

• Norsk King James

  Vær derfor også beredt; for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke tenker.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor, vær også dere beredt; for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Dere derfor også være beredt; for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter det.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Vær også dere klare, for Menneskesønnen kommer når dere minst venter det.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær derfor også beredt, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vær derfor også klare, for Menneskesønnen kommer på et tidspunkt dere ikke forventer.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Vær derfor også beredt, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Også dere, vær beredt, for Menneskesønnen kommer i den timen dere ikke venter det.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Vær derfor også dere rede, for Menneskesønnen kommer i den time dere ikke venter.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Derfor værer og I beredte; thi Menneskens Søn kommer paa den Time, som I ikke mene.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær derfor også klare, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter det.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Derfor vær også rede, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter ham."

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Også dere, vær klare! For Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter ham.»

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Så vær dere også klare, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter det.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær derfor også klar, for Menneskesønnen kommer i en time dere ikke venter.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Therfore be ye ready also, for at an houre whan ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be ye therfore redy also, for ye sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.”

Referenced Verses

• Matt 24:42 : 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
• Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour you do not expect the Son of Man will come.
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.
• Mark 13:33-36 : 33 Take heed, watch and pray: for you do not know when the time is. 34 For the Son of Man is like a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore: for you do not know when the master of the house comes, in the evening, or at midnight, or at the rooster crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
• Luke 21:34-36 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.
• Rom 13:11 : 11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.
• Rom 13:14 : 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
• 1 Thess 5:6 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do; but let us watch and be sober.
• 2 Pet 3:12-14 : 12 Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, in which the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
• Rev 19:7 : 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.