Matthew 25:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
"At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'

New Living Translation
“At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom is coming! Come out and meet him!’

English Standard Version
But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

Berean Study Bible
At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

New American Standard Bible
But at midnight there finally was a shout: ‘Behold, the groom! Come out to meet him.

NASB 1995
"But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.'

NASB 1977
“But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

Amplified Bible
But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.’

Christian Standard Bible
“In the middle of the night there was a shout: ‘Here’s the groom! Come out to meet him.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"In the middle of the night there was a shout: Here's the groom! Come out to meet him.'

Contemporary English Version
Then in the middle of the night someone shouted, "Here's the groom! Come to meet him!"

Good News Translation
"It was already midnight when the cry rang out, 'Here is the bridegroom! Come and meet him!'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"At midnight someone shouted, 'The groom is here! Come to meet him!'

International Standard Version
But at midnight there came a shout: 'The groom is here! Come out to meet him!'

NET Bible
But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.'
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

New King James Version
“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’

King James 2000 Bible
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go out to meet him.

New Heart English Bible
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Look. The bridegroom. Come out to meet him.'

World English Bible
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'

American King James Version
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him.

American Standard Version
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

A Faithful Version
But in the middle of the night there was a cry: 'Look, the bridegroom is coming! Go out to meet him. '

Darby Bible Translation
But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.

English Revised Version
But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But at mydnight there was a crye made: Beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go youre waye out for to mete him.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And even at mydnyght there was a crye made: beholde the brydgrome cometh goo out against him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go forth to meet him!

Berean Literal Bible
And at the middle of the night, there was a cry: 'Behold, the bridegroom! Go forth to meet him!'

Young's Literal Translation
and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Lo, the bridegroom doth come; go ye forth to meet him.

Smith's Literal Translation
And in the middle of the night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go ye forth to his meeting.

Literal Emphasis Translation
And in the middle of the night, there was an outcry, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him!

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
But in the middle of the night, a cry went out: ‘Behold, the groom is arriving. Go out to meet him.’

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And in the middle of the night there was an outcry, “Behold, The groom has come, go out to meet him.”

Lamsa Bible
And at midnight there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to greet him.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
And at midnight a cry was made: Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go you out to meet him.

Godbey New Testament
And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom! go ye out to meet him.

Haweis New Testament
Then at midnight the cry came, Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go forth to meet him.

Mace New Testament
and at midnight there was a sudden cry, see the bridegroom comes; go and meet him.

Weymouth New Testament
But at midnight there is a loud cry, "'The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'

Worrell New Testament
but at midnight a cry has been made, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him!'

Worsley New Testament
and in the middle of the night there was a cry, The bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him.
















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