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Mark 13:16

The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

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.
Bible in Basic English
And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.
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 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 abomination of desolation standing where it should not be" (let the reader understand), "then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. 15 The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. 16 The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. 17 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! 18 Pray that it may not be in winter. 19 For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen. 20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short. 21 Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!' or ‘Look, there he is!' do not believe him. 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect. 23 Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 24:17 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.
Genesis 13:2
(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.)
Genesis 13:3
And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, "Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.
Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars—if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be."
Genesis 17:6
I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!"
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into 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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