Luke 12:39 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³⁹ “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ But of this be assured: if the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming, he would have been awake and alert and watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through and broken into.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 have left his house to be broken through.

Common English Bible

³⁹ But know this, if the homeowner had known what time the thief was coming, he wouldn’t have allowed his home to be broken into.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

Luke 12:39 Cross References

Matthew 24:42

Keep awake, therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Matthew 6:19

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be destroyed with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

Revelation 16:15

(“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)

Revelation 3:3

Remember, then, what you received and heard; obey it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.