Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Support widows, the real widows.
New American Standard Bible
Honor widows who are
King James Version
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
Holman Bible
Support
International Standard Version
Honor widows who have no other family members to care for them.
American Standard Version
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Amplified
Honor and help those widows who are truly widowed [alone, and without support].
An Understandable Version
Show consideration for true widows [i.e., those destitute of family members to care for them].
Anderson New Testament
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Bible in Basic English
Give honour to widows who are truly widows.
Common New Testament
Honor widows who are real widows.
Daniel Mace New Testament
show regard to widows that are really such.
Darby Translation
Honour widows who are really widows;
Godbey New Testament
Honor widows who are truly widows.
Goodspeed New Testament
Look after widows who are really dependent.
John Wesley New Testament
Honour widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or grand children, let these learn first to shew piety at home,
Julia Smith Translation
Honour widows, truly widows.
King James 2000
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Honor widows [who are] truly widows.
Modern King James verseion
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Honour widows which are true widows.
Moffatt New Testament
Widows who really need it must be supported from the funds.
Montgomery New Testament
Ever honor widows who are really widows;
NET Bible
Honor widows who are truly in need.
New Heart English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Noyes New Testament
Honor as widows those that are widows indeed.
Sawyer New Testament
Support the widows who are widows indeed.
The Emphasized Bible
Widows, honour thou - who indeed are widows: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Honour the widows, that are widows indeed.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Show consideration for widows--I mean those who are really widowed.
Webster
Honor widows that are widows indeed.
Weymouth New Testament
Honour widows who are really in need.
Williams New Testament
Always care for widows who are really dependent.
World English Bible
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worrell New Testament
Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Worsley New Testament
Honour widows who are widows indeed.
Youngs Literal Translation
honour widows who are really widows;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 5:3
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Instructions About Widows
2 elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 3 Support widows, the real widows. 4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
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Cross References
Acts 6:1
Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance.
Acts 9:39
And after rising, Peter went with them, whom, after coming, they brought into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood by him weeping, and exhibiting the coats and garments, as many things as Dorcas made being with them.
Exodus 20:12
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 14:29
And the Levite, because he has no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied, that LORD thy God may bless thee in al
Deuteronomy 16:11
And thou shall rejoice before LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite who is within thy gates, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in th
Deuteronomy 16:14
And thou shall rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 31:16
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Psalm 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalm 94:6
They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless.
Psalm 146:9
LORD preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
Jeremiah 49:11
Leave thy fatherless sons; I will preserve them alive. And let thy widows trust in me.
Matthew 15:6
And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.
Luke 2:37
and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.
Luke 7:12
Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city were with her.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.
1 Thessalonians 2:6
nor seeking glory from men, neither from you nor from others. While able to bear down as apostles of Christ,
1 Timothy 5:2
elder women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity.
1 Timothy 5:4-5
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to be devoted to their own house, and to give back recompense to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1 Timothy 5:9-11
Let no widow be enrolled under sixty years old, having become the wife of one man,
1 Timothy 5:16-17
If any believing man or believing woman has widows, let them relieve them, and let not the congregation be burdened, so that it may relieve the real widows.
James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
1 Peter 2:17
Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.
1 Peter 3:7
Likewise the husbands living together knowledgably, as with a weaker vessel, apportioning worth to the female as also joint-heirs of the grace of life, for your prayers not to be hindered.