Matthew 25:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

Common English Bible

⁵ “When the groom was late in coming, they all became drowsy and went to sleep.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.

Matthew 25:5 Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:1

Upon my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The sound of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.”

Song of Solomon 5:3

I had put off my garment; how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?

Habakkuk 2:3

For there is still a vision for the appointed time; it speaks of the end and does not lie. If it seems to tarry, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Matthew 24:48

But if that wicked slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed,’

Matthew 25:19

After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.

Matthew 25:4

but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

Matthew 26:40

Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?

Matthew 26:43

Again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

Luke 1:21

Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering at his delay in the sanctuary.

Luke 12:45

But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

Luke 18:8

I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Luke 20:9

He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants and went away for a long time.

Romans 13:11

Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is already the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers;

Ephesians 5:14

for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

1 Peter 5:8

Discipline yourselves; keep alert. Like a roaring lion your adversary the devil prowls around, looking for someone to devour.

Revelation 2:25

only hold fast to what you have until I come.