Matthew 24:26

NET ©

So then, if someone 1  says to you, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ 2  do not go out, or ‘Look, he is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe him.

NIV ©

"So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

NASB ©

"So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.

NLT ©

"So if someone tells you, ‘Look, the Messiah is out in the desert,’ don’t bother to go and look. Or, ‘Look, he is hiding here,’ don’t believe it!

MSG ©

"So if they say, 'Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, 'Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day.

BBE ©

If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it.

NRSV ©

So, if they say to you, ‘Look! He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out. If they say, ‘Look! He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

NKJV ©

"Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it .

KJV
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NET © [draft] ITL
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NET © Notes

1 tn Grk “they say.” The third person plural is used here as an indefinite and translated “someone” (ExSyn 402).

2 tn Or “in the desert.”