Matthew 25:5 - The Scriptures 2009

⁵ “Now while the bridegroom took time, they all slumbered 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.

Matthew 25:5 Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, and it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it lingers, wait for it, for it shall certainly come, it shall not delay.

Luke 20:9

And He began to speak this parable to the people, “A certain man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went away for a long time.

Matthew 24:48

“But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’

Luke 12:45

“But if that servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’ and begins to beat the male servants and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk,

Matthew 25:19

“And after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, watch, because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 5:14

That is why He says, “Wake up, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah shall shine on you.”

Romans 13:11

And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for us to wake up from sleep, for now our deliverance is nearer than when we did believe.

Luke 18:8

“I say to you that He shall do right to them speedily. But when the Son of Aḏam comes, shall He find the belief on the earth?”

Matthew 26:43

And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

Matthew 26:40

And He came to the taught ones and found them asleep, and said to Kĕpha, “So, were you not able to watch with Me one hour?

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was sleeping, But my heart was awake – the voice of my beloved! He knocks, “Open for me, my sister, My love, my dove, my perfect one; For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed at night I sought the beloved of my being; I sought him, but I did not find him.

Revelation 2:25

“But hold fast what you have until I come.

Matthew 25:4

but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps.

Matthew 25:6

And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’ ”

Luke 1:21

And the people waited for Zeḵaryah, and marvelled at his delay in the Dwelling Place.

Song of Solomon 5:3

I have taken off my robe, should I put it on? I have washed my feet, should I dirty them?