Matthew 25:5
And the bridegroom lingering, they all nodded and were sleeping,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4and the prudent took oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
6and in the middle of the night a cry was made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go forth to meet him!
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed by night, I sought him whom my soul has loved; I sought him, and I did not find him!
Song of Solomon 5:3I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?
Habakkuk 2:3For yet the vision [is] for a season, || And it breathes for the end, and does not lie, || If it lingers, wait for it, || For surely it comes, it is not late.
Matthew 25:19And after a long time comes the lord of those servants, and takes reckoning with them;
Matthew 26:43and having come, He finds them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and may begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat also, 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 →