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.


In Context

2 older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

3 Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.

4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.

5 The 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.

6 But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

7 Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame.

1st 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:5Now 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.

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.