Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead.
New American Standard Bible
But she who
King James Version
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Holman Bible
however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.
A Conservative Version
But she who is self-indulgent is dead while she lives.
American Standard Version
But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Amplified
Whereas she who lives for pleasure and self-indulgence is spiritually dead even while she still lives.
An Understandable Version
But the widow who devotes herself to unrestrained pleasure is [spiritually] dead, even while still living.
Anderson New Testament
But she that lives voluptuously, is dead while she lives.
Bible in Basic English
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.
Common New Testament
But she who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
Daniel Mace New Testament
the widow of pleasure is dead tho' she lives.
Darby Translation
But she that lives in habits of self-indulgence is dead while living.
Godbey New Testament
but she who is wanton is dead though living.
Goodspeed New Testament
A widow who gives herself up to pleasure is dead while she is still alive.
John Wesley New Testament
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Julia Smith Translation
And she living luxuriously is dead, living.
King James 2000
But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the one who lives for sensual pleasure is dead [even though she] lives.
Modern King James verseion
But she who lives in self-pleasure has died while living.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but she that liveth in pleasure, is dead even yet alive.
Moffatt New Testament
whereas the widow who plunges into dissipation is dead before ever she dies.
Montgomery New Testament
But she who lives in wantonness is dead even while she still lives.
NET Bible
But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.
New Heart English Bible
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
Noyes New Testament
but she that giveth herself up to pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Sawyer New Testament
but a woman that lives voluptuously is dead while she lives.
The Emphasized Bible
Whereas, she that runneth riot, while living, is, dead:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But she who lives voluptuously is dead, though she liveth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But the life of a widow who is devoted to pleasure is a living death.
Webster
But she that liveth in pleasure, is dead while she liveth.
Weymouth New Testament
but a pleasure-loving widow is dead even while still alive.
Williams New Testament
while a widow who gives herself up to luxury is really dead though still alive.
World English Bible
But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
Worrell New Testament
But she who lives in pleasure, though living, has died.
Worsley New Testament
But she that indulgeth to luxury, is dead while she liveth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she who is given to luxury, living -- hath died;
Themes
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » A proof of spiritual death
Amusements and worldly pleasures » A proof of spiritual death
Christian ministers » Charge delivered to
The Dead » Illustrative of » Faith without works
Spiritual death » Living in pleasure is
Spiritual life » Lovers of pleasure destitute of
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 5:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Instructions About Widows
5 A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day. 6 But the self-indulgent widow is just as good as dead. 7 Continue to give these instructions, so that they may be blameless.
Phrases
Cross References
Luke 15:24
Because my son was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate.
James 5:5
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
Revelation 3:1
"To the messenger of the church in Sardis, write: "The one who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says this:
Deuteronomy 28:54
Even the compassionate man among you the very sensitive one will look with evil in his eyes toward his brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving sons, whom he spared.
Deuteronomy 28:56
The most tender and sensitive lady among you, who doesn't venture to touch the soles of her feet to the ground on account of her daintiness, will look with hostility in her eyes against her beloved husband, her sons, and her daughters.
1 Samuel 15:32
Then Samuel said, "Bring Agag king of Amalek to me." Agag came to him in fetters, saying to himself, "Surely the bitterness of death is past."
1 Samuel 25:6
Then say, "May you live long. Peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that you have.
Job 21:11-15
They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,
Psalm 73:5-7
They do not experience problems common to ordinary people; they aren't afflicted as others are.
Proverbs 29:21
If you pamper a servant from his childhood, later on he'll become ungrateful.
Isaiah 22:13
But look! There is joy and festivity, slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. "Let us eat and drink, you say, because we die tomorrow."
Isaiah 47:1
"Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a chair, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For no longer will they call you tender and attractive.
Jeremiah 6:2
I'll destroy the lovely and delicate Daughter of Zion.
Lamentations 4:5
Those who enjoyed delicacies lie desolate in the streets. Those who were reared wearing purple scavenge in piles of trash.
Amos 6:5-6
chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David, composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians,
Matthew 8:22
But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."
Luke 7:25
Really, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look! Those who wear fine clothes and live in luxury are in royal palaces.
Luke 12:19
Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'
Luke 15:13
A few days later, the younger son gathered everything he owned and traveled to a distant country. There he wasted it all on wild living.
Luke 15:32
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and has been found.'"
Luke 16:19
"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
The love of the Messiah controls us, for we are convinced of this: that one person died for all people; therefore, all people have died.
Ephesians 2:1
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved),
Ephesians 5:14
for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says, "Wake up, sleeper! Arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.''
Colossians 2:13
Even when you were dead because of your offenses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with him when he forgave us all of our offenses,
Revelation 18:7
Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'