Matthew 25:5
Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
American Standard Version
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 their lamps.
6But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I 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 the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
Matthew 25:19Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.
Matthew 26:43And he came again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and 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 →