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.


In Context

35 "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning,

36 like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them.

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

39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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.