38And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those bondmen.


In Context

35 Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

36 and ye like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

37 Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord on coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them.

38 And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find them thus, blessed are those bondmen.

39 But this know, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

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

Luke 12:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:38It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them'so blessed are those'servants .

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:38They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch, and finds them so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:38and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.