Matthew 24:41

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

American Standard Version (1901)

two women shall be grinding at the mill; one is taken, and one is left.

Bible in Basic English

Two women will be crushing grain; one is taken, and one let go.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Two women shall be grinding at the mill: one shall be taken, and one shall be left.

Free Bible Version

Two women will be grinding grain with a mill. One will be taken, the other left.

Geneva Bible 1599

Two women shalbe grinding at ye mill: the one shalbe receiued, and the other shalbe refused.

King James (Authorized) Version

Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

One Unity Resource Bible

two women grinding at the mill, one will be taken and one will be left.

Translation for Translators

Similarly, two women will be at the mill grinding grain. One of them will be taken up to heaven and the other will be left.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Two women will be grinding with a mill—one will be taken, and one will be left.

Noah Webster Bible

Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

World English Bible

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.

Young's Literal Translation

two women shall be grinding in the mill, one is received, and one is left.

Context

Readiness at Any Hour

⁴⁰Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.⁴¹Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

Summary

This verse is part of Jesus' teaching on the end times, specifically referring to the sudden separation that will occur when He returns. It illustrates the unexpected nature of His second coming, emphasizing the importance of being spiritually prepared at all times. The imagery of two women grinding at the mill and one being taken while the other is left conveys the idea of a decisive and irreversible event. Believers are urged to stay vigilant and faithful, ensuring they are ready for Christ's return and the final judgment.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Watch therefore,.... Since the time of this desolation is so uncertain, and since it will come upon the Jews unawares, and some wilt escape, whilst others perish; for the words are plainly an inference from what precedes, and clearly relate to things going before, and are not a transition to a new subject: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come; to avenge himself of the unbelieving Jews, and fulfil what he in person, and by his apostles, had predicted and warned them of: though I will not deny, but that what follows may be much better accommodated and applied to the second coming of Christ, and the last judgment, and the behaviour of men with regard to both, than anything said before; and it may be our Lord's intention, to lead his disciples gradually, and as it were imperceptibly, to the last scene of things on earth, to make way for the parables and description of the future judgment, in the next chapter; still keeping in view, and having reference to, the subject he had been so long upon.