Matthew 25:5
Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
6But in [the] middle of [the] night there was a cry, Behold, the bridegroom; go forth to meet him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them?
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.
Matthew 25:19And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
Matthew 26:43And coming he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
Matthew Henry on Matthew 25:2-14
The Parable of the Ten Virgins. 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those… Read the whole commentary →