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Revelation 16:15

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

KJV

ἰδοὺ ἔρχομαι ὡς κλέπτης. μακάριος ὁ γρηγορῶν καὶ τηρῶν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ γυμνὸς περιπατῇ καὶ βλέπωσιν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτοῦ.

Greek NT

Ecce venio sicut fur. Beatus qui vigilat, et custodit vestimenta sua, ne nudus ambulet, et videant turpitudinem ejus.

Vulgate

(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)

ASV

Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βλέπω
blepo
verb · 132×
γρηγορεύω
gregoreuo
verb · 22×
γυμνός
gumnos
adjective · 15×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κλέπτης
kleptes
noun · 16×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μακάριος
makarios
adjective · 50×
περιπατέω
peripateo
verb · 94×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
ἀσχημοσύνη
aschemosune
noun · 2×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἱμάτιον
imation
noun · 59×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2849Such a battle and such a victory become possible only through prayer. It is by his prayer that Jesus vanquishes the tempter, both at the outset of his public mission and in the ultimate struggle of his agony.159 In this petition to our heavenly Father, Christ unites us to his battle and his agony. He urges us to vigilance of the heart in communion with his own. Vigilance is "cu…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
  • 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • 1Pet 4:7 — But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 2Cor 5:3 — If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
  • 2Cor 5:3 — If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • 2Pet 3:10 — But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that
  • Acts 20:31 — Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
  • Eccl 9:8 — Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
  • Exod 32:25 — And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
  • Exod 32:25 — And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:)
  • Ezek 16:37 — Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against t
  • Gen 3:10 — And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
  • Hab 2:15 — Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
  • Hos 2:3 — Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
  • Isa 47:3 — Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
  • Judg 7:19 — So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake t
  • Lam 4:21 — Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
  • Luke 12:37 — Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
  • Luke 12:39 — And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
  • Luke 12:46 — The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
  • Luke 21:35 — For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
  • Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
  • Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
  • Mark 13:33 — Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
  • Mark 14:38 — Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
  • Matt 22:11 — And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
  • Matt 24:36 — But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
  • Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
  • Matt 24:42 — Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
  • Matt 24:46 — Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
  • Matt 25:6 — And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
  • Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 25:13 — Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
  • Matt 26:41 — Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.