29What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;


In Context

26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for you to remain as you are.

27 Are you married? Do not seek a divorce. Are you unmarried? Do not look for a wife.

28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

29 What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;

31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

1st Corinthians 7:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:29This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:29And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened — that both those having wives may be as not having;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:29But this I say, brothers, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;