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King James Version

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Day;   Escape;   Jesus Continued;   Procrastination;   Scofield Reference Index - Day (of Jehovah);   Thompson Chain Reference - Coming, Second Coming of Christ;   Day;   Future, the;   Second Coming of Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Alertness;   Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Day of the Lord;   Destruction;   Light;   Sobriety;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Night;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Day;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Day of the lord;   Jesus christ;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day of the Lord, God, Christ, the;   Judgment, Day of;   Second Coming of Christ;   Thessalonians, First and Second, Theology of;   Watchfulness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adonijah;   Ahab;   Lord's Day;   Luke, the Gospel According to;   Peter, the Epistles of;   Thessalonians, the Epistles to the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Church;   Day of the Lord;   Time, Meaning of;   1 Thessalonians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Parousia;   Thessalonians, First Epistle to the;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Calendar, the Christian;   Day;   Day of Christ;   Day and Night;   Day of Judgment;   Gospels (2);   Kingdom Kingdom of God;   Lord's Day;   Night (2);   Parousia;   Perfect Perfection;   Pre-Eminence ;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Thief ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Day of the Lord;   Revelation, the;   Thief;   Time, Times;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Thessalonians;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Day;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Parousia;   Thessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to the;   Thessalonians, the Second Epistle of Paul to the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 3;  

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
Legacy Standard Bible
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But believe it or not, you know when it will happen. It'll happen when you least expect it.
Bible in Basic English
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Darby Translation
for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by night.
Christian Standard Bible®
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
World English Bible
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For ye yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Weymouth's New Testament
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
King James Version (1611)
For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night.
Literal Translation
For you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so it comes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye youre selues knowe perfectly, that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for you very well know, that the day of the Lord steals on like a thief in the night.
Amplified Bible
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.
American Standard Version
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Revised Standard Version
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
for ye youre selves knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lorde shall come even as a thefe in the nyght.
Update Bible Version
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
Webster's Bible Translation
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Young's Literal Translation
for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,
New Century Version
You know very well that the day the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief that comes in the night.
New English Translation
For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night.
Berean Standard Bible
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Contemporary English Version
You surely know that the Lord's return will be as a thief coming at night.
Complete Jewish Bible
because you yourselves well know that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
English Standard Version
For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lorde shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night.
George Lamsa Translation
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of our LORD comes just like a thief in the night.
Hebrew Names Version
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
International Standard Version
for you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.Matthew 24:43-44; 25:13; Luke 12:39-40; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 3:3; 16:15;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
for you truly know that the day of our Lord as a thief in the night so cometh.
Murdock Translation
for ye know assuredly, that the day of our Lord so cometh, as a thief by night.
New King James Version
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
New Living Translation
For you know quite well that the day of the Lord's return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.
New Life Bible
You know for sure that the day the Lord comes back to earth will be as a robber coming in the night.
English Revised Version
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
New Revised Standard
For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night.
Lexham English Bible
for you yourselves well know that the day of the Lord is coming in the same way as a thief in the night.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght.
Easy-to-Read Version
You know very well that the day when the Lord comes again will be a surprise, like a thief who comes at night.
New American Standard Bible
For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord is coming just like a thief in the night.
Good News Translation
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come as a thief comes at night.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ye silf witen diligentli, that the dai of the Lord schal come, as a theef in the niyt.

Contextual Overview

1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

know: Jeremiah 23:20

the day: Matthew 24:42-44, Matthew 25:13, Mark 13:34, Mark 13:35, Luke 12:39, Luke 12:40, 2 Peter 3:10, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 16:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:29 - at midnight Exodus 22:2 - breaking Joshua 8:3 - by night Joshua 11:7 - suddenly Judges 7:19 - in the beginning Judges 16:30 - and the house 1 Samuel 26:7 - sleeping 1 Kings 1:42 - a valiant 1 Kings 22:27 - until I come in peace 2 Kings 19:35 - that night 2 Chronicles 18:26 - until I return Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not Job 24:14 - in the night Job 34:20 - a moment Job 34:25 - in the Job 36:20 - cut Psalms 64:7 - suddenly Proverbs 6:9 - when Proverbs 22:3 - prudent Proverbs 23:34 - thou Isaiah 2:12 - the day Isaiah 13:6 - for the day Isaiah 37:36 - and when Jeremiah 5:12 - neither Ezekiel 12:28 - There shall Ezekiel 13:5 - the day Ezekiel 30:9 - careless Daniel 4:4 - was Daniel 4:33 - same Daniel 5:5 - the same Joel 2:1 - for the Amos 4:12 - prepare Nahum 1:10 - while they be Zechariah 14:7 - which Matthew 24:36 - General Matthew 24:43 - had Matthew 24:50 - come Mark 13:32 - of Luke 17:24 - in Luke 21:34 - that day Acts 1:7 - It Acts 2:20 - great 1 Corinthians 4:5 - until Philippians 4:5 - The

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:23
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Malachi 2:15
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Matthew 19:4
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
Mark 10:6
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Acts 17:26
And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For yourselves know perfectly,.... With great exactness and accuracy, with great clearness and perspicuity, as a certain truth, which was made plain and evident to them, and about which there could be no question; and which perfect knowledge they had, either from the words of Christ, Matthew 24:42, or from the ministration of the apostle and his fellow labourers, when among them:

that the day of the Lord; of the Lord Jesus, when he will show himself to be King of kings, and Lord of lords, and the Judge of the whole earth; and which is sometimes styled the day of the Son of man, and the day of God, for Christ will appear then most gloriously, both in his divine and human nature; the day of redemption, that is, of the body from the grave, and from corruption and mortality; and the last day in which will be the resurrection of the dead, and the day of judgment, in which Christ will come to judge the quick and dead: and which

so cometh as a thief in the night; at an unawares, and the Lord himself in that day will so come, Revelation 3:3 respect is had not to the character of the thief, nor to the end of his coming; but to the manner of it, in the dark, indiscernibly, suddenly, and when not thought of and looked for; and such will be the coming of Christ, it will be sudden, and unknown before hand, and when least thought of and expected: and since the Thessalonians knew this full well, it was needless for the apostle to write about the time and season of it; which they were sensible of, could no more be known and fixed, than the coming of a thief into anyone of their houses.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For yourselves know perfectly - That is, they had been fully taught this. There could be no doubt in their minds respecting it.

The day of the Lord so cometh - Of the Lord Jesus - for so the word “Lord” in the New Testament commonly means; see the notes, Acts 1:24. The “day of the Lord” means that day in which he will be manifested, or in which he will be the prominent object in view of the assembled universe.

As a thief in the night - Suddenly and unexpectedly, as a robber breaks into a dwelling. A thief comes without giving any warning, or any indications of his approach. He not only gives none, but he is careful that none shall be given. It is a point with him that, if possible, the man whose house he is about to rob shall have no means of ascertaining his approach until he comes suddenly upon him; compare Matthew 24:37-43 notes; Luke 12:39-40 notes. In this way the Lord Jesus will return to judgment; and this proves that all the attempts to determine the day, the year, or the century when he will come, must be fallacious. He intends that his coming to this world shall be sudden and unexpected, “like that of a thief in the night;” that there shall be no such indications of his approach that it shall not be sudden and unexpected; and that no warning of it shall be given so that people may know the time of his appearing. If this be not the point of the comparison in expressions like this, what is it? Is there anything else in which his coming will resemble that of a thief? And if this be the true point of comparison, how can it be true that people can ascertain when that is to occur? Assuredly, if they can, his coming will not be like that of a thief; comp. notes on Acts 1:7.


 
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