Passage

Matthew 24.36-44

Book: Matthew · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"34. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things be accomplished. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

"36. But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only. 37. And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 38. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39. and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40. Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left: 41. two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left. 42. Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord cometh. 43. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through. 44. Therefore be ye also ready; for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh."

"45. Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46. Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing." (Matthew 24:34-46, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"34. Most certainly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished. 35. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."

"36. But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37. “As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 38. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ship, 39. and they didn’t know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 40. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and one will be left; 41. two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left. 42. Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes. 43. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44. Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come."

"45. “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season? 46. Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes." (Matthew 24:34-46, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"34. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

"36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37. But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39. And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40. Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

"45. Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46. Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing." (Matthew 24:34-46, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"34. Verily I say to you, this generation may not pass away till all these may come to pass. 35. The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."

"36. 'And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known, not even the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only; 37. and as the days of Noah, so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man; 38. for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark, 39. and they did not know till the flood came and took all away; so shall be also the presence of the Son of Man. 40. Then two men shall be in the field, the one is received, and the one is left; 41. two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left. 42. 'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come; 43. and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through; 44. because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come."

"45. 'Who, then, is the servant, faithful and wise, whom his lord did set over his household, to give them the nourishment in season? 46. Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;" (Matthew 24:34-46, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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