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Sunday, August 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 17 / Ordinary 22
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Mark 13:16

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Jesus Continued;   Watchfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   End of the World;   Redemption;   Resurrection;   Tribulation;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Agnoet Ae;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Dress;   Kingdom of God;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Messiah;   Mss;   Parousia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bosom ;   Coming Again;   Dress (2);   Manuscripts;   Messiah;   Quotations (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abominable;   Abomination;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dress;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Parousia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.
King James Version (1611)
And let him that is in the field, not turne backe againe for to take vp his garment.
King James Version
And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
English Standard Version
and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.
New American Standard Bible
"And whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
New Century Version
If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their coats.
Amplified Bible
whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment.
Berean Standard Bible
And let no one in the field return for his cloak.
Contemporary English Version
If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat.
Complete Jewish Bible
if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.
Darby Translation
and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.
Easy-to-Read Version
If someone is in the field, they must not go back to get a coat.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who is in the field, let him not return to take his clothes.
Good News Translation
Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.
Lexham English Bible
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.
Literal Translation
And the one in the field, let him not return to the things behind to take his garment.
American Standard Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Hebrew Names Version
Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
International Standard Version
and the person who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
Etheridge Translation
and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garments.
Murdock Translation
and let him that is in the field, not return back to take his clothing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let hym that is in the fielde, not turne backe agayne vnto the thynges which he left behynde hym, for to take his garmente with hym.
English Revised Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke.
World English Bible
Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And let not him that is in the field, turn back to take up his garment.
Weymouth's New Testament
and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he that schal be in the feeld, turne not ayen bihynde to take his cloth.
Update Bible Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Webster's Bible Translation
And let him that is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.
New English Translation
The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
New King James Version
And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
New Living Translation
A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.
New Life Bible
He that is in the field should not go back to get his coat.
New Revised Standard
the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that hath gone into the field, let him not turn back unto the things behind, to take away his mantle.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let him that shall be in the field not turn back to take up his garment.
Revised Standard Version
and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And let hym that is in the felde not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he leeft behynde him for to take his cloothes with him.
Young's Literal Translation
and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And let him that is in the felde, not turne backe to fetch his clothes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
not him that is in the field return back to fetch his garment.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you are gathering cattle and see it, don't go back for a change of clothes, just whip and spur out of there!

Contextual Overview

14 But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains: 15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: 16 And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat. 17 And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days. 18 And say a prayer that it may not be in the winter. 19 For in those days there will be sorrow, such as there has not been from the time when God made the world till now, and will not ever be again. 20 And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short. 21 And then if any man says to you, See, here is Christ; or, See, there; have no faith in it: 22 Because there will be false Christs and false prophets, and they will give signs and wonders in the hope of turning even the saints from the true way. 23 But take care; see, I have made all things clear to you before the time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 24:17 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
Genesis 13:2
Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
Genesis 13:14
And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
Genesis 13:18
And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
Genesis 15:5
And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
Genesis 17:6
I will make you very fertile, so that nations will come from you and kings will be your offspring.
Genesis 17:16
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let him that is in the field,.... At work, in any sort of business there,

not turn back again: either to his own house, or rather to that part of the field where he laid down his clothes:

for to take up his garment; but let him flee without it, or otherwise he would be in great danger; :-.


 
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