40Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.


In Context

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39 And this know, that if the manager of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.

41 Then Peter said to him, Lord, speak you this parable to us, or even to all?

42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

Luke 12:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:40You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40And ye therefore, be ye ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think it, the Son of man comes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:40and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'