Mark 13 · Verse 16

Mark 13:16

And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
Mark 13:16, King James Version

Mark 13:16 in other translations

BSBAnd let no one in the field return for his cloak.
WEBLet him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
ASVand let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.
YLTand he who is in the field, let him not turn to the things behind, to take up his garment.
DARBYand him that is in the field not return back to take his garment.
BBEAnd let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.
WebsterAnd let him that is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.

What does Mark 13:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 13:14-23

The Jews in rebelling against the Romans, and in persecuting the Christians, hastened their own ruin apace. Here we have a prediction of that ruin which came upon them within less than forty years after this. Such destruction and desolation, that the like cannot be found in any history. Promises of power to persevere, and cautions against falling away, well agree with each other. But the more we consider these…

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Mark 13:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiandG2532
ὁhothe [one]G3588
εἰςeisinG1519
τὸνtontheG3588
ἀγρὸνagronfieldG68
μὴmēnotG3361
ἐπιστρεψάτωepistrepsatōhe should returnG1994
εἰςeistoG1519
τὰtathe [things]G3588
ὀπίσωopisōbackG3694
ἆραιaraito takeG142
τὸtotheG3588
ἱμάτιονhimationclothingG2440
αὐτοῦ.autouof him.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Mark 13:15

    And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:

  • Mark 13:16

    And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

  • Mark 13:17

    But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

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Mark 13:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y el que estuviere en el campo, no vuelva atrás á tomar su capa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que celui qui est aux champs ne retourne pas en arrière pour emporter son vêtement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und wer auf dem Felde ist, sich nicht zurückwende, um sein Kleid zu holen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et qui in agro erit, non revertatur retro tollere vestimentum suum.