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Luke 21:34

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21:34“But be on your guard79 so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.80

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Footnotes

  1. 79 Grk “watch out for yourselves.” Disciples are to watch out. If they are too absorbed into everyday life, they will stop watching and living faithfully.
  2. 80 Or like a thief, see Luke 12:39–40. The metaphor of a trap is a vivid one. Most modern English translations traditionally place the words “like a trap” at the end of v. 34, completing the metaphor. In the Greek text (and in the and ) the words “like a trap” are placed at the beginning of v. 35. This does not affect the meaning.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly

NLTNew Living Translation

“Watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Don’t let that day catch you unaware,

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly

KJV 1900King James Version

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.