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ULTTherefore, be alert, for you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
WymthBe on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
ASVWatch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
DRAWatch ye therefore, because ye know not what hour your Lord will come.
YLT'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;
DrbyWatch therefore, for ye know not in what hour your Lord comes.
RVWatch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh.
WbstrWatch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh.
KJB-1769¶ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. (¶ Watch therefore: for ye/you_all know not what hour your Lord doth come.)
KJB-1611¶ [fn]Watch therfore, for ye know not what houre your Lord doth come. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
BshpsWatch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your Lorde doth come. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
GnvaWatch therefore: for ye knowe not what houre your master will come. (Watch therefore: for ye/you_all know not what hour your master will come. )
CvdlWatch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come. (Watch therefore, for ye/you_all know not what hour your(pl) LORD will come.)
TNTWake therfore because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come. (Wake therefore because ye/you_all know not what hour your(pl) master will come. )
WyclTherfor wake ye, for ye witen not in what our the Lord schal come. (Therefore wake ye/you_all, for ye/you_all perceive not in what our the Lord shall come.)
LuthDarum wachet! Denn ihr wisset nicht, welche Stunde euer HErr kommen wird. (Therefore wachet! Because you/their/her know not, which Stunde euer LORD coming wird.)
ClVgVigilate ergo, quia nescitis qua hora Dominus vester venturus sit.[fn] (Vigilate therefore, because nescitis which hora Master vester venturus sit. )
24.42Vigilate ergo. HIER. Non dixit quia nescimus, sed quia nescitis, ut ostendat se diem judicii non ignorare.
24.42Vigilate ergo. HIER. Non he_said because nescimus, but because nescitis, as ostendat se diem yudicii not/no ignorare.
/be/_watching & because not ˱you_all˲_/have/_known ˱on˲_what day the Lord ˱of˲_you_all /is/_coming
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the command in the first clause. Alternate translation: [since you do not know on what day your Lord will come, be alert]
The word day refers to a specific moment in time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [at what hour] or [the time when]
Jesus speaks about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the first person. Alternate translation: [I, who am your Lord,]
By the time of the New Testament, the ancient city of Jerusalem had been transformed from the relatively small fortress of David’s day (2 Samuel 5:6-10; 1 Chronicles 11:4-9) into a major city with a Temple that rivaled the greatest temples in the Roman world. Just prior to Jesus’ birth, Herod the Great completely renovated and expanded the Temple of the Lord, and he also built a lavish palace for himself, various pools (where Jesus occasionally performed healings), public buildings, and military citadels, including the Antonia Fortress, which overlooked the Temple. Wealthy residents, including the high priest, occupied extravagant houses in the Upper City, while the poorer residents were relegated to less desirable areas like the Lower City. The Essene Quarter was so named because many of its residents belonged to the Essenes, a strict religious sect that was known for its careful attention to the law of Moses. Across the Kidron Valley lay the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples (Matthew 26:36-46; Mark 14:32-53; John 18:1-14). Further east was the Mount of Olives, where Jesus began his triumphal entry one week before his crucifixion (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19), taught his disciples about the last days (Matthew 24-25; Mark 13), and eventually ascended to heaven after his resurrection (Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:1-11).
