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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Mark 13:16

And let no one in the field return for his cloak.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jerusalem;   Jesus Continued;   Watchfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   End of the World;   Redemption;   Resurrection;   Tribulation;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Agnoet Ae;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Mark, the Gospel of;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Antichrist;   Apocalyptic Literature;   Dress;   Kingdom of God;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Messiah;   Mss;   Parousia;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Bosom ;   Coming Again;   Dress (2);   Manuscripts;   Messiah;   Quotations (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abominable;   Abomination;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dress;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Parousia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and a man in the field must not go back to get his coat.
King James Version (1611)
And let him that is in the field, not turne backe againe for to take vp his garment.
King James Version
And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
English Standard Version
and let the one who is in the field not turn back to take his cloak.
New American Standard Bible
"And whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
New Century Version
If people are in the fields, they must not go back to get their coats.
Amplified Bible
whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his garment.
Contemporary English Version
If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat.
Complete Jewish Bible
if someone is in the field, he must not turn back to get his coat.
Darby Translation
and him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.
Easy-to-Read Version
If someone is in the field, they must not go back to get a coat.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And let him that is in the fielde, not turne backe againe to take his garment.
George Lamsa Translation
And he who is in the field, let him not return to take his clothes.
Good News Translation
Someone who is in the field must not go back to the house for a cloak.
Lexham English Bible
and the one who is in the field must not turn back to pick up his cloak.
Literal Translation
And the one in the field, let him not return to the things behind to take his garment.
American Standard Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Bible in Basic English
And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.
Hebrew Names Version
Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
International Standard Version
and the person who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat.
Etheridge Translation
and he who is in the field, let him not turn back to take up his garments.
Murdock Translation
and let him that is in the field, not return back to take his clothing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And let hym that is in the fielde, not turne backe agayne vnto the thynges which he left behynde hym, for to take his garmente with hym.
English Revised Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke.
World English Bible
Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And let not him that is in the field, turn back to take up his garment.
Weymouth's New Testament
and let not him who is in the field turn back to pick up his outer garment.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he that schal be in the feeld, turne not ayen bihynde to take his cloth.
Update Bible Version
and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
Webster's Bible Translation
And let him that is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.
New English Translation
The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.
New King James Version
And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes.
New Living Translation
A person out in the field must not return even to get a coat.
New Life Bible
He that is in the field should not go back to get his coat.
New Revised Standard
the one in the field must not turn back to get a coat.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, he that hath gone into the field, let him not turn back unto the things behind, to take away his mantle.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let him that shall be in the field not turn back to take up his garment.
Revised Standard Version
and let him who is in the field not turn back to take his mantle.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And let hym that is in the felde not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he leeft behynde him for to take his cloothes with him.
Young's Literal Translation
and he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And let him that is in the felde, not turne backe to fetch his clothes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
not him that is in the field return back to fetch his garment.
Simplified Cowboy Version
If you are gathering cattle and see it, don't go back for a change of clothes, just whip and spur out of there!

Contextual Overview

14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. 16And let no one in the field return for his cloak.17How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! 18Pray that it will not occur in the winter. 19For in those days there will be tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God's creation until now, and never to be seen again. 20If the Lord had not cut short those days, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom He has chosen, He has shortened them. 21At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There He is!' do not believe it. 22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible. 23So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 24:17 - which

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev-he and his wife and all his possessions-and Lot was with him.
Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Genesis 13:14
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, "Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Genesis 15:5
And the LORD took him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able." Then He declared, "So shall your offspring be."
Genesis 17:6
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
Genesis 17:16
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her."
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And let him that is in the field,.... At work, in any sort of business there,

not turn back again: either to his own house, or rather to that part of the field where he laid down his clothes:

for to take up his garment; but let him flee without it, or otherwise he would be in great danger; :-.


 
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