5Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.


In Context

2 elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, with all purity.

3 Honour widows who are really widows;

4 but if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious as regards their own house, and to render a return on their side to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

5 Now she who is a widow indeed, and is left alone, has put her hope in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.

6 But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.

7 And these things enjoin, that they may be irreproachable.

1 Timothy 5:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:5The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:5But she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, let her trust in God, and continue in supplications and prayers night and day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she who is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her hope set on God, and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5And she who is really a widow and desolate, hath hoped upon God, and doth remain in the supplications and in the prayers night and day,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.