Luke 12:38
World English Bible (WEB)
They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
In context
36 Be like men watching for their lord when he returns from the wedding feast, that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him.
37 Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.
38 They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
39 But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
40 Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”
Luke 12:38 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- They will be blessed if he comes in the second or third watch and finds them so.
- KJV King James Version
- And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And if he come in the second watch, and come in the third watch, and find [them] thus, blessed are those [bondmen].
- WBS Webster Bible
- And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.