Luke 12:37 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.”
Luke 12:37 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Luke 12:37 in 6 Bible Translations
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Luke 12:37 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Blessed are those servants whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most certainly I tell you that he will dress himself, make them recline, and will come and serve them.”
Luke 12:37 — World English Bible
Luke 12:37 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. ”
Luke 12:37 — American Standard Version
Luke 12:37 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;”
Luke 12:37 — Young's Literal Translation
Luke 12:37 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord [on] coming shall find watching; verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself and make them recline at table, and coming up will serve them. ”
Luke 12:37 — Darby Translation
Luke 12:37 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Blessed are those seruants, whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde waking: verely I say vnto you, he will girde himselfe about, and make them to sit downe at table, and will come forth, and serue them.”
Luke 12:37 — Geneva Bible
Luke 12:37 in Context — Luke 12
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
What Does Luke 12:37 Mean?
Luke 12:37 is a verse from the Book of Luke, part of the New Testament. It appears in Luke chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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