Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This say I, brethren: the time is short. It remaineth that they which have wives, be as though they had none:
New American Standard Bible
But this I say, brethren,
King James Version
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Holman Bible
And I say this, brothers: The time is limited,
International Standard Version
This is what I mean, brothers: The time is short. From now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,
A Conservative Version
But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having,
American Standard Version
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
Amplified
But I say this, believers: the
An Understandable Version
But I say this, brothers; there is not much time left [i.e., before the crisis arrives in full fury. See verse 26]. From now on those men who are married should live as though they were single.
Anderson New Testament
Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not;
Bible in Basic English
But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;
Common New Testament
I mean, brethren, the appointed time has grown very short; so that from now on, those who have wives should live as though they had none,
Daniel Mace New Testament
This I say, brethren, because the time is coming, when they who have wives will be as those that have none;
Darby Translation
But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having any:
Godbey New Testament
But I say this, brethren; that the time is at hand, that moreover indeed those having wives may be as those not having;
Goodspeed New Testament
But this I do say, brothers. The appointed time has grown very short. From this time on those who have wives should live as though they had none,
John Wesley New Testament
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that even they that have wives, be as if they had none: And they that weep, as if they wept not;
Julia Smith Translation
And this I say, brethren, the time is restricted; as to the rest, that they also having wives should be as not having;
King James 2000
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as [if they] do not have [wives],
Modern King James verseion
But this I say, brothers, The time is short. It remains that both those who have wives should be as not having one.
Moffatt New Testament
I mean, brothers, ??the interval has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Montgomery New Testament
Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,
NET Bible
And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
New Heart English Bible
But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Noyes New Testament
But this I say, brethren, the time that remaineth is short; that both they that have wives may be as though they had none;
Sawyer New Testament
But this I say, brothers, the time is short, so that in future those who have wives should be as those not having them,
The Emphasized Bible
But, this, I say - the opportunity is, contracted for what remaineth - in order that, they who have wives, may be, as though they had none,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Now this I say, brethren, that the time is short. The conclusion is, that even they who have wives, should be as though they had not;
Twentieth Century New Testament
What I mean, Brothers, is this-The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,
Webster
But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;
Weymouth New Testament
Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,
Williams New Testament
I mean this, brothers. The time has been cut short. For the future, men who have wives should live as though they had none,
World English Bible
But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Worrell New Testament
But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened; that henceforth both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Worsley New Testament
But this I say, brethren, that the time is short: it remains therefore, that even those, who have wives, be as though they had none;
Youngs Literal Translation
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;
Themes
Exhortations » Special » To redeem the time
Marriage » Those that do not marry
Redeeming the time » How secured » By subordinating earthly duties to heavenly
Spirituality » Brings indifference to worldly good
Time » Redeeming the » By subordinating earthly duties to heavenly
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 7:29
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Unmarried
28 But and if thou take a wife, thou sinnest not. Likewise if a virgin marry, she sinneth not. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in their flesh: but I saver you. 29 This say I, brethren: the time is short. It remaineth that they which have wives, be as though they had none: 30 and they that weep, be as though they wept not: and they that rejoice, be as though they rejoiced not: And they that buy, be as though they possessed not:
Cross References
Romans 13:11-12
This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Job 14:1-2
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of divers miseries.
Psalm 39:4-7
"LORD, let me know mine end, and the number of my days: that I may be certified how long I have to live.
Psalm 90:5-10
As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.
Psalm 103:15-16
that a man in his time is but as grass, and flourisheth as a flower of the field.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man living, in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadow? Or, who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the Sun?
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thou takest in hand to do, that do with all thy power: for among the dead, where thou goest unto, there is neither work, counsel, knowledge nor wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 12:7-8
Or dust be turned again unto earth from whence it came, and or the spirit return unto God, which gave it.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men;
Isaiah 24:1-2
Behold, the LORD shall waste and plague the world, he shall make the face of the earth desolate, and scatter abroad the inhabiters thereof.
Isaiah 40:6-8
The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.
1 Corinthians 7:31
And they that use this world, be as though they used it not: For the fashion of this world goeth away.
Hebrews 13:13-14
Let us go forth therefore out of the tents, and suffer rebuke with him.
James 4:13-16
Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win,"
1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers.
2 Peter 3:8-9
Dearly beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, how that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
1 John 2:17
And the world vanisheth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God, abideth ever.