Otherwise, he may come suddenly and find you sleeping.
lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
[Watch, I say] lest He come suddenly and unexpectedly and find you asleep.
Don’t let him show up when you weren’t expecting and find you sleeping.
Otherwise, when he will have arrived unexpectedly, he may find you sleeping.
Lest coming on a sudden, he find you sleeping.
When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.
Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “Simon, are yoʋ sleeping? Could yoʋ not keep watch for one hour?
When he returned, he found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy, and they did not know what to say in response.
“Watch yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly.
When he rose from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping because of their sorrow.
Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine upon yoʋ.”