Revelation 16:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.”)

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Behold, I am going to come like a thief! Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who stays awake (alert) and who guards his clothes, so that he may not be naked and [have the shame of being] seen exposed!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ (Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Look! I’m coming like a thief! Favored are those who stay awake and clothed so that they don’t go around naked and exposed to shame.)

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ "Behold, I arrive like a thief. Blessed is he who is vigilant and who preserves his vestment, lest he walk naked and they see his disgrace."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Revelation 16:15 Cross References

Exodus 32:25

When Moses saw that the people were out of control (for Aaron had lost control of them, prompting derision among their enemies),

Isaiah 47:3

Your nakedness shall be uncovered, and your shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.

Ezekiel 16:37

therefore, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated; I will gather them against you from all around and will uncover your nakedness to them so that they may see all your nakedness.

Hosea 2:3

or I will strip her naked and expose her as in the day she was born and make her like a wilderness and turn her into a parched land and kill her with thirst.

Habakkuk 2:15

“Alas for you who make your neighbors drink, pouring out your wrath until they are drunk, in order to gaze on their nakedness!”

Matthew 25:13

Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.

Matthew 26:41

Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Mark 14:38

Keep awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to warn everyone with tears.

2 Corinthians 5:3

for surely when we have been clothed in it we will not be found naked.

1 Thessalonians 5:4

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief;

1 Thessalonians 5:6

So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.

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 22:7

“See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

Revelation 3:11

I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one takes away your crown.

Revelation 3:18

Therefore I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white robes to clothe yourself and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.