By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
Matthew 25:5 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep. American Standard Version (1901) Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. Common English Bible “When the groom was late in coming, they all became drowsy and went to sleep. Catholic Public Domain Version Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. |
By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: *Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.*
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
*Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
But at midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! The bridegroom is coming! Come out to meet him!'
He came to the talmidim, and found them sleeping, and said to Kefa, *What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
The people were waiting for Zekharyah, and they marveled that he delayed in the temple.
But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?*
He began to tell the people this parable. *A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
Therefore he says, *Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Messiah will shine on you.*
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.