Mark 13:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁶ The person who is in a field [i.e., doing farm work] should not return [to his house] to get his coat [even].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ and let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And let him who is in the field not turn back again to get his mantle (cloak).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Those in the field shouldn’t come back to grab their clothes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And let whoever may be in the field not return to take his garment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And let him that shall be in the field, not turn back to take up his garment.

Mark 13:16 Cross References

Mark 13:15

Also the person who is on a housetop [Note: This was a flat area where people retired for rest, prayer, etc., with its stairway on the outside] should not go down into his house to take anything out [when he flees].

Mark 13:17

[It will be] too bad for those who are pregnant and those who are nursing babies in those days.