| For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. | A thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night. |
| Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. | Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. |
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| Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. | Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. |
| Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. | Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. |
| O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. | In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. |
| Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. | Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. |
| I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. | I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. |
| So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. | So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. |
| The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life. The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. | The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. |
| Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. | Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. |
| Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. | Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. |
| Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. | Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. |
| The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. | The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. |
| Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. | For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. |
| But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. | But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. |
| The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry. | The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry. |
| I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. | I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. |
| Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. | Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. |
| Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. | Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. |
| Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. | Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. |
| And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” | Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” |
| When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? | As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them? |
| For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. | For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. |
