King James Version
Matthew 24:42 in the King James Version says “Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.”
Matthew 24:42 · KJV
Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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.
Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“ye know”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“what”
G4169individualizing interrogative (of character) what sort of, or (of number) which one
“Lord”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“doth come”
G2064to come or go (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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