Matthew 25:5
And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
6And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye forth to meet him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Habakkuk 2:3For as yet the vision is far off, and it shall appear at the end, and shall not lie: if it make any delay, wait for it: for it shall surely come, and it shall not be slack.
Matthew 25:19But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them.
Matthew 26:43And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk:
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 →