Matthew 25:5
But while the bridegroom withheld, they all dozed and slept.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
In Context
4but those were wise who took oil in vessels with their lamps.
Cross References
Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants came, and received from them the account.
Matthew 26:43And he came again, and found them asleep; for their eyes had become heavy.
Luke 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come, and shall begin to beat the servants and the handmaids of his lord, and shall begin to eat and to drink and 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 →