Luke 12:40

New Century Version

So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time when you don't expect him!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You also be ready,

King James Version (1611)
Be yee therefore ready also: for the sonne of man commeth at an houre when yee thinke not.

King James Version
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

English Standard Version
You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

New American Standard Bible
"You too, be ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think He will."

Amplified Bible
"You too, be continually ready; because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."

Legacy Standard Bible
You too, be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect."

Berean Standard Bible
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect."

Contemporary English Version
So always be ready! You don't know when the Son of Man will come.

Complete Jewish Bible
You too, be ready! For the Son of Man will come when you are not expecting him."

Darby Translation
And ye therefore, be *ye* ready, for in the hour in which ye do not think [it], the Son of man comes.

Easy-to-Read Version
So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at a time when you don't expect him!"

Geneva Bible (1587)
Be ye also prepared therefore: for the Sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

George Lamsa Translation
Therefore, you also be ready; for the Son of man will come in that very hour which you do not expect.

Good News Translation
And you, too, must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him."

Lexham English Bible
You also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not think he will come."

Literal Translation
And you, then, be ready; for in the hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.

American Standard Version
Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Bible in Basic English
So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.

Hebrew Names Version
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

International Standard Version
So be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you don't expect him."Matthew 24:44; 25:13; Mark 13:33; Luke 21:34,36; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 2 Peter 3:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Also you, be you therefore ready: for, in that hour that you think not, cometh the Son of man.

Murdock Translation
Therefore be ye also ready; for at an hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Be ye therfore redy also, for ye sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not.

English Revised Version
Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

World English Bible
Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don't expect him."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Therefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh in an hour when ye think not.

Weymouth's New Testament
Be you also ready, for at an hour when you are not expecting Him the Son of Man will come."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And be ye redi, for in what our ye gessen not, mannus sone schal come.

Update Bible Version
You also be ready: for in an hour that you do not think the Son of man comes.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

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

New King James Version
Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

New Living Translation
You also must be ready all the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected."

New Life Bible
You must be ready also. The Son of Man is coming at a time when you do not think He will come."

New Revised Standard
You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Ye, therefore, be getting ready, because, in what hour ye are not thinking, The Son of an cometh!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not the Son of man will come.

Revised Standard Version
You also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an unexpected hour."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Be ye prepared therfore: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore be ye ready also, for at an houre whan ye thynke not, shal the sonne of man come.

Mace New Testament (1729)
be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.

Simplified Cowboy Version
But you must also keep this same diligence when waiting on the Boss, for God's Top Hand will come when you least expect him."

Contextual Overview

²² Jesus said to his followers, "So I tell you, don't worry about the food you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. ²³ Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. ²⁴ Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest, they don't have storerooms or barns, but God feeds them. And you are worth much more than birds. ²⁵ You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it. ²⁶ If you cannot do even the little things, then why worry about the big things? ²⁷ Consider how the lilies grow; they don't work or make clothes for themselves. But I tell you that even Solomon with his riches was not dressed as beautifully as one of these flowers. ²⁸ God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today but tomorrow is thrown into the fire. So how much more will God clothe you? Don't have so little faith! ²⁹ Don't always think about what you will eat or what you will drink, and don't keep worrying. ³⁰ All the people in the world are trying to get these things, and your Father knows you need them. ³¹ But seek God's kingdom, and all your other needs will be met as well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 21:34-36, Matthew 24:42, Matthew 24:44, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:33-36, Romans 13:11, Romans 13:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:6, 2 Peter 3:12-14, Revelation 19:7

Reciprocal: Luke 12:46 - lord 1 Thessalonians 5:2 - the day Revelation 3:3 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be ye therefore ready also,.... Not habitually, but actually, in the exercise of grace, and the discharge of duty, with loins girt, and lights burning. This may be understood either of a readiness to meet the Lord in the way of his judgments, and particularly the destruction of Jerusalem, which was to be in a few years; or of a preparation for death, and the last judgment, which lies in the righteousness of Christ imputed, and his grace imparted: and to have a comfortable view of the one, and a gracious experience of the other, as they will engage to the performance of good works, to which such are ready; so they make meet for the coming of Christ, be it in what way, and whensoever it will: and the rather, a concern should be had for such a preparation, because of the following reason,

for the son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not; in either of the above ways; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 24:42-51.

Second watch - See the notes at Matthew 14:25.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 40. Be ye therefore ready also — It is pretty evident that what is related here, from verse Luke 12:35 to Luke 12:49, Luke 12:35-49 was spoken by our Lord at another time. See Matthew 24:42, &c., and the notes there.