Matthew 25:5
'And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,
Young's Literal Translation
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.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:1On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
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 breatheth for the end, and doth not lie, If it tarry, wait for it, For surely it cometh, it is not late.
Matthew 25:19'And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them;
Matthew 26:43and having come, he findeth them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.
Luke 12:45'And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, 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 →